Letter to the Editor: The Revised Baux Score as a Predictor of Burn Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Introduction: The odds of being struck by lightning are one in a million, however lightning strike accounts for 24,000 annual fatalities worldwide (Jensen et al, 2023). Due to its rarity, guidelines for the management of burns acquired by lightning strike are scarce. Current standard of treatment is to treat burns acquired as one would treat electrical burns (Stander & Wallace, 2011).

National multicentric study on the incidence of alcohol burns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Burns are traumatic wounds that occur when skin is exposed to an amount of energy greater than its maximum dissipation capacity. Alcohol, because it fuels flames and its vapor can cause an explosion, is one of the most common causal agents of burns in Brazil. In late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a sudden and substantial increase in the use of 70% alcohol (w/v) for antisepsis.

Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms in Patients Requesting Cosmetic Breast Surgery in Midwestern Brazil.

Background: The prevalence of depressive symptoms (DS) before cosmetic breast surgery was analyzed in the public (PbI) and private (PrI) institutions, comparing types of surgery and patients' sociodemographic characteristics.

Methods: A cross-sectional, observational, analytical study to evaluate the prevalence of DS in 185 patients of 18-71 years of age requesting 4 different cosmetic breast surgeries (with and without implants) at public and private institutions. Patients were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory and analyzed for statistical comparison.