Burns
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Geographic access to burn center hospitals.

26 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: The delivery of burn care is a resource-intensive endeavor that requires specialized personnel and equipment. The optimal geographic distribution of burn centers has long been debated; however, the current distribution of centers relative ... Read more...

Critical care of the burn patient: the first 48 hours.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The goal of this concise review is to provide an overview of some of the most important resuscitation and monitoring issues and approaches that are unique to burn patients compared with the general intensive care unit population. STUDY ... Read more...

Local wound p38 MAPK inhibition attenuates burn-induced cardiac dysfunction.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Topical inhibition of activated p38 MAPK within burn wounds attenuates the local and systemic inflammatory response. In this study, we investigated the effects of local activated p38 MAPK inhibition on burn-induced cardiac dysfunction. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Burns'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Insulin drips or glucose control for burn patients. 30 Oct 2009
• JAMA patient page. Burn injuries. 26 Oct 2009
• Geographic access to burn center hospitals. 26 Oct 2009
• Critical care of the burn patient: the first 48 hours. 29 Sep 2009
• Local wound p38 MAPK inhibition attenuates burn-induced cardiac dysfunction. 29 Sep 2009
• Inhibitory effects of polysaccharide extract from Spirulina platensis on corneal neovascularization. 22 Sep 2009
• Targeting burn prevention in the paediatric population : a prospective study of children's burns in the Lausanne area. 17 Sep 2009
• Nonfatal scald-related burns among adults aged >/=65 years--United States, 2001-2006. 16 Sep 2009
• Müller cell activation, proliferation and migration following laser injury. 15 Sep 2009
• Intensive insulin therapy confers a similar survival benefit in the burn intensive care unit to the surgical intensive care unit. 3 Sep 2009
• Combination of electroconvulsive therapy with skin graft surgery for a schizophrenic patient with burns. 30 Aug 2009
• [The improvement in care of patients with severe burns] 30 Aug 2009
• The use of Silflex in burn wound management. 30 Aug 2009
• MR imaging at 3.0 T in children: technical differences, safety issues, and initial experience. 30 Aug 2009
• Microarray analysis suggests that burn injury results in mitochondrial dysfunction in human skeletal muscle. 30 Aug 2009
• Securing tracheal tubes in facial burns. 30 Aug 2009
• Acute ocular injuries caused by 60-Ghz millimeter-wave exposure. 30 Aug 2009
• Endogenous Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand levels are not altered in mice after a severe burn and infection. 26 Aug 2009
• ERK and not p38 pathway is required for IL-12 restoration of T cell IL-2 and IFN-gamma in a rodent model of alcohol intoxication and burn injury. 24 Aug 2009
• Burn hazards of the deployed environment in wartime: epidemiology of noncombat burns from ongoing United States military operations. 6 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Burns'

Definition: Injuries to tissues caused by contact with heat, steam, chemicals (BURNS, CHEMICAL), electricity (BURNS, ELECTRIC), or the like.

Descriptor UI: D002056

Alternative terms: Burns; Burn;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.200;

Technical Notes: GEN; "thermal injury"; EYE BURNS & SUNBURN are also available; burn shock: coord IM with SHOCK, TRAUMATIC (IM)