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This paper considers the fluctuations in psychological status that occur in burn patients in the acute phase, during hospitalization, and in the post-hospitalization period. The various disorders are reported. Psychiatric consultation is mandatory, along with psychological support, and appropriate medication should be prescribed.
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The co-existence of an extensive burn with a systemic disease negatively affects the outcome of the burn as well as the progress of the disease. A case report is presented regarding a 70-yr-old female patient with 45% total body surface area burns and ulcerative colitis under treatment. The outcome of the burns is described and it is pointed out that the healing process of the burns and the remission of the ulcerative colitis were related.
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A fire disaster took place on New Year's Eve 2003 in a small closed environment as the result of a Molotov cocktail bomb attack. Seven persons suffered burns, two of whom died and five were hospitalized. The aim of this paper is to focus on the consequences of such explosions, which are numerous and cause extensive burns with fewer though more severe injuries when they occur in a closed environment than fire disasters in an open environment.
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Burn care is not reserved uniquely to burns. Several diseases have the symptomatology, clinical presentation, complications, treatment requirements, and outcome of burns. Such diseases are: 1. Stevens-Johnson disease; 2. Lyell's syndrome; 3. bacterial fasciitis; 4. skin necrosis combined with coagulation disturbances; 5. pemphigoid; and 6. subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.