Abstract Professor Li Ao was one of the founders of Chinese burn medicine and one of the
most renowned doctors and researchers of burns in China. He established one of the …

Burn injuries in both developed and developing countries cause long-term disability,
mortality, and socio-economic costs that are imposed on patients, families, and societies …

Background: Burn injuries are in many respects the most of all tragedies an individual can
experience. So there was an attempt to quantify the frequency of burn injuries, identify the …

Background The aim of this study was to describe the national epidemiology of burns in
Brazil and evaluate regional access to care by defining the contribution of out-of-hospital …

Burns continue to present a significant public health problem, resulting in scores of
preventable deaths and disability everyyear. The burden of burns disproportionately falls to …

OBJECTIVE: To study the epidemiologic characteristics of burns in the old patients so as to
reduce the risk of Chinese geriatric burns. METHODS: Features, including causes …

Burn care is one of the few areas in medicine considered both medically and surgically
challenging, with burn injuries affecting people of all ages and both sexes. Between May …

Background: Historically, burn injuries have been accompanied by bad prognosis. With the
advances in recovering fluids and the early excision of burn scars, the survival rate has …

BACKGROUND The mortality rate following burn is an important outcome parameter. This
study aimed to identify factors associated with mortality in adult hospitalized burn patients in …

A total of 1063 acute burn patients were admitted to the Burns Unit of Prince of Wales
Hospital, Hong Kong between March 1993 and February 1999. There were 678 males and …