Burns are the most devastating of injuries and the burn patient may suffer from complications
for the rest of his life. In spite of recent developments in burn care, we still see high mortality …

On a recent trip to the Zanskar valley we were guests at the Indian army's Drass Field
Hospital (Zanskar is one of the remotest corners of our country with the Drass Field Hospital …

Burns are the most frequent injury among paediatric patients. The injury, treatment, and
rehabilitation process affect children not only physiologically but also psychologically. In this …

Childhood burns in Egypt are a significant problem, especially in families of low
socioeconomic status. These families live in overcrowded flats using kerosene stoves but …

Discussion Burns are important preventable causes of injury in children [4]. This study was
carried out on 549 paediatric burn patients with objectives to analyze the demographic and …

Bum care in developing countries remains a challenge. A prospective study of 250 bumed
children up to the age of 14 years admitted to the Bums and Plastic Surgery Center in Tripoli …

A retrospective study was made of burns in children admitted to a burns centre in India over
a 5-yr period (1999-2003). Of the total number of 2364 burn patients admitted during this …

Before 1988 the care of burned children in Romania was in the hands of generic burn
specialists, and it was only in that year that a specialized Burns and plastic surgery unit was …

This study covers 113 children aged 0-14 yr divided into four age groups: 0-1 yr, 2-3 yr, 4-6
yr and 7-14 yr admitted to a burn ICU in Libya in the period 1995-97. The criteria for …

Pediatric burns admitted to the tertiary care burn facility of Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust
Hospital in Chennai (India) were retrospectively analysed between 1992 and 2003. Five …