Pain response and pain control in burn patients.

Burn injury is totally correlated to pain, which depends on burn depth and extent, cause, age and the patient's general condition, and on the local therapy of the burn wound. In hospitalized patients adjectival and numerical scales have been used to measure pain. The management of pain is challenging to the therapist and extremely important for the patient.

Traumatic injuries with deep abrasion: "a burn".

This epidemiological study deals with 34 patients with friction burns sustained between January 2007 and January 2008. The age group most affected was that between 21 and 30 yr, with a male predominance. Road traffic accidents were the commonest cause of friction burns (31 patients) and the lower limb was body part most commonly affected.

Effect of median sternotomy on respiratory system compliance in humans: evaluation without sophisticated instrumentation.

To evaluate the effect of median sternotomy on the static compliance of the respiratory system (C(RS)) in humans, we used a new technique for pressure-volume (PV) curve tracing without sophisticated instrumentation. The accuracy and the reproducibility of the new technique were tested in a lung simulator, while its agreement with multiple-occlusion (MO) technique (the technique most often used in the ICU for C(RS) measurement) was evaluated in 12 mechanically ventilated patients. Finally, the NCI technique was used in 13 cardiosurgical patients to measure C(RS) before and after median sternotomy.