Burns in the Elderly

L Shah, AT Clark, J Ballou - Clinics in plastic surgery, 2024 - plasticsurgery.theclinics.com
According to the World Health Organization, by 2030, one in six persons globally will be
over the age of 60 years. 1 In the 2020 census, one in six persons in the United States was …

Outcomes of patients with burns associated with home oxygen therapy: an institutional retrospective review

JS Yoon, KH Khoo, JS Puthumana… - Journal of Burn Care …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Home oxygen therapy (HOT) burns carry high morbidity and mortality. Many patients are
active smokers, which is the most frequent cause of oxygen ignition. We conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and documentation of supplemental oxygen requirements is rarely performed in patients hospitalized with COPD

F Zaidi, RS Lee, BA Buchcic, NE Bracken… - … Diseases: Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Patients hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who
require supplemental oxygen (O 2) are at increased risk of hospital readmissions. There is a …

Nexobrid treatment for burn injuries in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and home oxygen therapy

M Daniels, JP Stromps, W Heitzmann… - Journal of Burn Care …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
There is an increased risk for burn injuries associated with home oxygen therapy of patients
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) since 10% to 50% of these patients …

Long‐term oxygen therapy‐related adverse outcomes resulting in hospitalisation: 3‐year experience of an Australian metropolitan health service

SP Semasinghe Bandaralage… - Internal Medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of long‐term oxygen therapy (LTOT)‐
related adverse outcomes in our health service. LTOT patients retrospectively recruited had …

FLASH BURNS FATALITY-THE DISTINGUISHED VARIANT OF FLAME BURNS: AN AUTOPSY-BASED CASE SERIES

H Sellamuthu, MC Meena, RK Solanki… - Journal of Forensic …, 2024 - jfmtonline.com
Flash burns are an exogenous burn, and they're a variant of flame burns. Usually, flame
burns produce high heat for a long time, until the body is charred or complete combustion …