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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

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

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

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

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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
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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...

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

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...

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
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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...

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
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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...

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
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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...
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 ...
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 ...

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...