Burn injuries in Africa are common with between 300,000 and 17.5 million children under 5
years sustaining burn injuries annually, resulting in a high estimated fatality rate. These …

Airway management in both acute and reconstructive burn patients can be a major
challenge for evaluation, intubation, and securing the airway in the setting of altered airway …

Biobrane has become an indispensible dressing with three established indications in acute
burns care at our institution:(1) as the definitive dressing of superficial partial thickness facial …

Background. Burn injuries are common in poverty-stricken countries. The majority of patients
with large and complex burns are referred to burn centres. Of the children who qualify for …

PREOPERATIVE PERIOD The early treatment of patients with burn injury begins at the
injury scene and continues on arrival to the emergency department with a complete trauma …

Background Forearm compartment syndrome is a rare condition that requires forearm
fasciotomy to release compartment pressure. In most cases, there is little to no skin damage …

Establishing a secure airway is critical in the acute phase of facial burns. This case report
involving a 9-month-old infant with facial burns describes two techniques of securing an oral …

Fixation of endotracheal tube in a pediatric patient with facial and neck burn injury; A novel
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Securing an endotracheal tube (ETT) in a patient with facial burns poses many challenges.
There is no standard practice and the existing literature provides solutions to this problem …

Las quemaduras son generadoras de un importante número de cambios a nivel sistémico,
incluida la vía aérea (VA). Durante todo el proceso del tratamiento de las lesiones por …