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Review

Conflict-associated wounds and burns infected with GLASS pathogens in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A systematic review

Wild A, Shortall C, Dewachi O, Naim C, Green A,  et al.
2025-02-07 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-02-07 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

While the relationship between conflict-associated injuries and antimicrobial resistance is increasingly being elucidated, data concerning civilian c...

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Research

Assessment of the proportion of households with burn victims, associated risk factors and knowledge of burn injury prevention strategies in South Western Uganda. A population based cross sectional survey

Martin T, Nanjebe D, Atwine D
2023-03-01 • Burns
2023-03-01 • Burns
BACKGROUND
Burn injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality within Low- and Middle-income countries (LMICs). Most of these burn injuries occur at home with children most a...
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Commentary

Challenging the barriers to accessing surgery in low-resource settings: Lessons learned from burns

Elder G, Murphy RA, Herard P, Dilworth K, Olson D,  et al.
2015-07-01 • Surgery
2015-07-01 • Surgery
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Research

Highly drug-resistant pathogens implicated in burn-associated bacteremia in an Iraqi burn care unit

Ronat JB, Kakol J, Khoury M, Yun O, Brown V,  et al.
2014-08-11 • PLOS One
2014-08-11 • PLOS One
In low- and middle-income countries, bloodstream infections are an important cause of mortality in patients with burns. Increasingly implicated in burn-associated infections are highly d...
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Research

Invasive infection and outcomes in a humanitarian surgical burn program in Haiti

Murphy RA, Nisenbaum L, Labar AS, Sheridan RL, Ronat JB,  et al.
2016-02-25 • World Journal of Surgery
2016-02-25 • World Journal of Surgery
BACKGROUND
Compared to high-income settings, survival in burn units in low-income settings is lower with invasive infections one leading cause of death. Médecins Sans Frontières is i...
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Research

Responding to major burn disasters in resource-limited settings: lessons learned from an oil tanker explosion in Nakuru, Kenya

van Kooij E, Schrever I, Kizito W, Hennaux M, Mugenya G,  et al.
2011-09-01 • Journal of Trauma - Injury Infection and Critical Care
2011-09-01 • Journal of Trauma - Injury Infection and Critical Care
BACKGROUND
On January 31, 2009, a fuel tanker exploded in rural Kenya, killing and injuring hundreds of people. This article describes the care of >80 burn victims at a rural hospita...
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Research

Surgical burn care by Médecins Sans Frontières-Operations Center Brussels: 2008 to 2014

Stewart BT, Trelles M, Dominguez LB, Wong EG, Fiozounam HT,  et al.
2016-11-01 • Journal of Burn Care and Research
2016-11-01 • Journal of Burn Care and Research
OBJECTIVE
Humanitarian organisations care for burns during crisis and while supporting healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to define the epide...
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Review

Patterns of deliberate self-burning in various parts of the world: A review

Laloë V
2004-05-01 • Burns
2004-05-01 • Burns
This paper reviews the literature on deliberate self-burning (DSB) and compares patterns in various countries. Fifty-five studies of deliberate self-harm or suicide by fire published in ...
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Research

Epidemiology and mortality of burns in a general hospital of Eastern Sri Lanka

Laloë V
2002-12-01 • Burns
2002-12-01 • Burns
This 2-year prospective study examined the epidemiology and mortality of 345 patients admitted with burn injuries. Sixty-four percent of all burns were accidental in nature and at least ...
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Research

Dietary Intake and Biochemical Indicators and their Association with Wound Healing Process among Adult Burned Patients in the Gaza Strip

Hammad SM, Naser IA, Taleb MH, Abutair AS
2019-02-25 • Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science
2019-02-25 • Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science
Burn is a traumatic injury that causes immunological, endocrine, inflammatory, many metabolic responses and emotional stress which can affect dietary, micronutrients and antioxidants int...