TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - A global overview of burns research highlights the need for forming networks with the developing world
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Potokar, Tom S.
A1  - Ali, Shahid
A1  - Chamania, Shobha
A1  - Prowse, Simon
A1  - Whitaker, Iain Stuart
SP  - 3
EP  - 5
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
N2  - According to the WHO, 90% of burns occur in developing or underdeveloped nations and 70% of these are in children. The majority are mild or moderate. Burns of >90% TBSA regularly survive in the worlds best centres now, which is in stark contrast to the mortality for burns of >40% TBSA in most developing or un-developed countries which approaches 100%. An analysis of all 1321 original articles published in �Burns�1 [2] from 1996 to 2006, accessed via the MEDLINE database, show that 73.2% (n = 967) were from developed nations, 29.5% (n = 342) from developing nations and 0.5% (n = 7) from undeveloped nations. In total, 44.7% (n = 591) included data from the paediatric population (age < 18). The USA, with 15.1% (n = 200), and the UK, with 13.9% (n = 184) contributed the most articles. Turkey, a developing nation, ranked 3rd, contributing 7.3% (n = 96) of the articles, and Zimbabwe, with 0.4% (n = 4) of the articles, the most active undeveloped nation.</p>    <p>This article attempts to put into perspective the global problem of burn injuries and hopefully will help set the future agenda for research in burns to facilitate a more equitable distribution of burn care worldwide.</p>    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2007.09.004
ID  - ref1
ER  -