Burn victims must undergo a painful debridement of their wounds in order to prevent infection. Normally, they are given morphine and other non-anesthetic pain-killers. Sadly, this does not work. They still yell in pain during the operation, which is why they have to be housed seperately from other patients.
Why aren’t the burn patients given anesthesia [local or general] prior to the operation? Is there a safety issue with anesthetics?
Burn victims definitely deserve adequate pain relief at all times including during dressing change
They are grossly under-dosed in clinical practice
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Although increased usage of biobased materials in plastics is still in the advanced research phase, Ford has already made inroads with other bio-based, reclaimed and recycled materials that are in Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles today, including soy bean-based foam seats, wheat straw to reinforce plastics and corn in the manufacture of seat material. In fact, you may be already be sitting on or using these materials on your daily commute:
CardioFocus (Marlboro, MA) recently conducted two “live cases” using its Endoscopic Ablation System—the first of which was a satellite transmission performed at Centro Cardiologico Monzino (Milan, Italy) and broadcast to the 16th Annual Boston Symposium on Atrial Fibrillation (Boston, MA). Several pioneers in the treatment of atrial fibrillation served as moderators for this educational presentation, providing perspective on ablation procedures designed to isolate pulmonary veins (PVs). The second live case was performed at St. Georg Hospital (Hamburg, Germany) by Prof. Karl-Heinz Kuck. Both cases demonstrate the continued interest of catheter ablation experts to gain a real-time view of the anatomy they are treating to enable durable PV isolation.
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Engineering have created a three-dimensional electrospun scaffold on the nano scale that more effectively and efficiently facilitates cell and tissue growth in the laboratory.
Nanoscaffolds support the adhesion, growth and function of various cell types as they mature into specific tissues such as tendons, muscles and bones during tissue engineering. Yet, the traditional industry method for electrospinning creates densely packed sheet-like structures that prevent cells from penetrating the nanoscaffolds.
This is a preview of 3D Nano-Scaffold for Tissue Engineering @ University of Alabama.
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