2 results match your criteria: "AlBabtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery[Affiliation]"
Impact of COVID-19 on global burn care.
Burns
September 2022
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Background: Worldwide, different strategies have been chosen to face the COVID-19-patient surge, often affecting access to health care for other patients. This observational study aimed to investigate whether the standard of burn care changed globally during the pandemic, and whether country´s income, geographical location, COVID-19-transmission pattern, and levels of specialization of the burn units affected reallocation of resources and access to burn care.
Methods: The Burn Care Survey is a questionnaire developed to collect information on the capacity to provide burn care by burn units around the world, before and during the pandemic.
The analysis and accuracy of mortality prediction scores in burn patients admitted to the intensive care burn unit (ICBU).
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
May 2021
AlBabtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Sabah Health Region, Kuwait.
Background: To date, multiple scoring systems have been utilised in predicting outcomes in burn patients. The aim of this study is to determine the accuracy of three established scoring systems used for burn patients admitted to the intensive care unit and to determine the risk factors associated with poor outcomes.
Methods: A total of 211 patients who were admitted to the ICBU in a tertiary care centre in Kuwait from January 2017 to December 2019 were analysed retrospectively.