A Rare Case of a Chemical Burn: Dithranol with Salicylic Acid.

A 16-year-old female with psoriasis presented to our Plastic Surgery Department with a significant chemical burn to the neck, upper torso and left cheek (TBSA 6%). She applied a concoction of cream prescribed by her dermatologist in her native country, Poland when she returned to the United Kingdom. A few hours after application she developed a burn with pH of 5.

A Rule of Thumb for Hand Burns: Categorization and Mapping of Proportional Surface Area Involvement.

Hand burns are common and often complex injuries, requiring referral to specialist centers. The patient's thumbprint is a rapid means of accurately assessing hand burn surface area. This study aimed to establish categories and evaluate sites of hand burn surface area in order to facilitate comparison of hand burns.

An evaluation of the current state of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women in Ghana.

Objective: To provide a current account of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Ghana (West Africa), a priority area in achieving the World Health Organization's Millennium Development Goals.

Method: The study was observational. Three-hundred ninety Ghanaian women attending cervical cancer screening were surveyed about their SRHR.