Management of thermal injury in pregnancy--an analysis of 16 patients. |
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| Authors: | R K Gang J Bajec M Tahboub |
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| Institution: | Department of Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery and Burns, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait. |
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| Abstract: | Sixteen patients at various stages of pregnancy suffered burns covering between 10 and 80 per cent of the body surface area. This review highlights the management problems of these patients during the first, second and third trimesters. Only two mothers (both with 80 per cent TBSA burns) died. There were five fetal deaths, three of them intrauterine. |
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