Publications by authors named "G P Belba"
SEVERE BURNS IN CHILDREN IN ALBANIA: HOW HAS THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BURNS IN CHILDREN CHANGED IN THE PAST 25 YEARS?
Ann Burns Fire Disasters
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzes burn patterns among children in Albania over 25 years, focusing on cases from 2018 to 2022, involving 275 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
- It found that the incidence of burns in children has significantly decreased, especially due to a lower number of cases in 2020 linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the most affected age group being 1-3 years old.
- The primary causes of burns were hot liquids and water, while there was a notable decline in burns from flames and chemicals, although overall burn cases among children still represent a considerable health concern in Albania.
The different formulae for resuscitation therapy after thermal damage recommend 0.5-0.6 mmol sodium for each % TBSA burned, suggesting fluid requirements from 2-4 ml/kg/% burn because of sodium loss in burned and unburned tissues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeasurements Of Injury-Related Outcomes: Statistical And Analytical Data From Albania.
Ann Burns Fire Disasters
December 2021
Numerous burn mortality indicators and prognostic scores are necessary to classify with priorities severely burned patients in order to predict outcome. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate mortality predictors on admission, in order to determine Lethal Area 50 and to validate burn prognostic scores. The study is retrospective, clinical and analytical.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Hand burns occur commonly both as part of larger burn injuries as well as isolated injuries.
Aim: To give an overview of epidemiologic features and outcome of burn hand patients who admitted to our Service. This study was performed at University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa" Tirana which is the only tertiary hospital in Albania.
Electrical Burns and Their Treatment in a Tertiary Hospital in Albania.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
May 2018
Introduction: The electrical current burns represent a very aggressive pathology that leaves many functional and aesthetic consequences.
Aim: To evaluate the epidemiology of electrical burn injury and its associated complications and treatment.
Material And Methods: Demographic data, aetiology, burn percentage and other measures related to electrical burn injury of 33 electrical burn patients in a tertiary hospital during the years 2015-2017.