Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon

BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge similar cases of severe burns in pregnancy have not been published in Cameroon; indicating the rarity of this devastating condition and therefore the dilemma that practitioners may be confronted with in its management. This report is to help the Physician und...

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Autores principales: Mokube, John Ahmadou, Verla, Vincent Siysi, Mbome, Victor Njie, Bitang, Aimié Thierry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Field Epidemiology Network 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21532730
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author Mokube, John Ahmadou
Verla, Vincent Siysi
Mbome, Victor Njie
Bitang, Aimié Thierry
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Mbome, Victor Njie
Bitang, Aimié Thierry
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description BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge similar cases of severe burns in pregnancy have not been published in Cameroon; indicating the rarity of this devastating condition and therefore the dilemma that practitioners may be confronted with in its management. This report is to help the Physician understand the factors that should determine his/her management decisions by reviewing the limited literature of burns in pregnancy. A multidisciplinary approach by a team of Obstetricians, Anesthetist/Intensive care Physicians, Pediatricians and Surgeons is indispensible. Adequate resuscitation, fight against sepsis, the gestational age and the severity of the burn will determine the outcome or prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-29842922010-11-30 Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon Mokube, John Ahmadou Verla, Vincent Siysi Mbome, Victor Njie Bitang, Aimié Thierry Pan Afr Med J Case report BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge similar cases of severe burns in pregnancy have not been published in Cameroon; indicating the rarity of this devastating condition and therefore the dilemma that practitioners may be confronted with in its management. This report is to help the Physician understand the factors that should determine his/her management decisions by reviewing the limited literature of burns in pregnancy. A multidisciplinary approach by a team of Obstetricians, Anesthetist/Intensive care Physicians, Pediatricians and Surgeons is indispensible. Adequate resuscitation, fight against sepsis, the gestational age and the severity of the burn will determine the outcome or prognosis. African Field Epidemiology Network 2009-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2984292/ /pubmed/21532730 Text en Copyright © 2009 John Ahmadou Mokube et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Verla, Vincent Siysi
Mbome, Victor Njie
Bitang, Aimié Thierry
Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon
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title_full Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_fullStr Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_short Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21532730
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