ALLMedicine™ Frostbite Center

Jan 27th, 2023 - Severe burn patients require high-volume fluid resuscitation, which increases risk for orbital compartment syndrome (OCS). We aimed to understand surgeons' practice patterns and to examine risk factors for OCS, timing of lateral canthotomy and can...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Cancer immunotherapy that deploys the host's immune system to recognize and attack tumors, is a promising strategy for cancer treatment. However, its efficacy is greatly restricted by the immunosuppressive (i.e., immunologically cold) tumor microe...

Dec 23rd, 2022 - The goal of our study is to assess, in an outpatient setting, the safety and the time to wound closure in chronic wounds treated with processed amniotic fluid (pAF). We will include patients with lower extremity full thickness wounds that are grea...

Dec 15th, 2022 - In the Crimean War (1854-56), infamous for its high death rate from disease at 212 per thousand British troops annually - one third of which was due to cholera or dysentery - skin disease was common, accounting for 13% of all admissions and 4.2% o...

Dec 10th, 2022 - Frostbite is caused by exposure to cold temperatures and can lead to severe injury resulting in amputations. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is a thrombolytic agent that has demonstrated efficacy preventing amputation in frostbite patients. The...

Jul 22nd, 2019 - The Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop a set of evidence-based guidelines for prevention and treatment of frostbite. We present a review of pertinent pathophysiology. We then discuss primary and secondary prevention mea...

Dec 23rd, 2022 - The goal of our study is to assess, in an outpatient setting, the safety and the time to wound closure in chronic wounds treated with processed amniotic fluid (pAF). We will include patients with lower extremity full thickness wounds that are grea...

Dec 8th, 2022 - Frostbite can be a devastating and limb threatening injury. Treatment involves active rewarming in a warm water bath at a consistent temperature, but maintaining the correct temperature water is clinically challenging. Currently these water baths ...

Apr 14th, 2022 - Cerebral Palsy (CP) defines a group of permanent disorders in the development of movement and posture that occur in the developing fetal and newborn brain, due to non-progressive disorders, leading to activity limitations. Unilateral CP (uCP) acco...

Nov 29th, 2021 - Cases of chilblains have been reported with an unusual frequency in France in the context of the COronaVirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. Some of these cases have been linked to a virological status in favour of a recent Severe Acu...

Sep 28th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of using sous vide devices for heating and maintaining the circulating warm water bath used in the rewarming of acute frostbite.

Nov 16th, 2022 - Ulmus davidiana, commonly known as yugeunpi, has a long history of use in Korea in treating burns, eczema, frostbite, difficulties in urination, inflammation, and psoriasis,1 and has also been used in China for some of these indications, including.

Oct 11th, 2022 - Transcript: Jamie Carroll, APRN, CNP, MSN: I have case 2. These are my financial disclosures. My patient was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. In 2009, the patient would go to up-front surgery. This patient had a lumpectomy and had positive m...

Mar 10th, 2022 - Hypothermia, frostbite, respiratory diseases, mental health issues, and a lack of treatment for heart disease and cancer are the biggest health concerns at the moment for the people of Ukraine, the World Health Organization says. The WHO also is m...

Oct 6th, 2021 - The US Department of Defense maintains a presence in several cold weather environments such as North Dakota, Alaska, and South Korea. Although much is known about preventing and caring for cold weather injuries, many of these ailments continue to.

Dec 14th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. As health care administrators and federal officials coordinate COVID-19 vaccine distribution this weekend, they're paying attention to one of the ...