摘要：Background: Burns are considered a serious health affection that leads to several consequences affecting a person both physically and emotionally. Herbal and traditional medicine have become popular remedies among patients worldwide. Aim: This study explores common practices followed in burns as first aid management. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia using a designed questionnaire distributed electronically through different social media. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic details, history of burns, causative material, and practices followed in response to burns. Results: 461 individuals have participated in this study. The commonest reason for burns was hot water or steam. The majority of the respondents (63%) had a satisfactory response to self-aid alone at home. The most common first aid options for managing burns at home were cold water alone 195 (42%), any sort of cream alone 177 (38%), or both 317 (69%). Overall, the result shows no statistically significant difference between the outcome of burn injury and the most commonly used burn aids. Conclusions: Most people use creams and water as the first-aid management of burns, while a good number of people use traditional medicine. Overall, people who receive hospital treatment after getting first aid at home give a better outcome.

摘要：Cosmetically unacceptable pigmentation changes and hypertrophic scarring often complicate split thickness skin graft (STSG) donor sites. In fact, patients often ask about other alternatives when confronted with the need to harvest STSG, particularly because they fear additional disfigurement. Because recent evidence suggests that a moist environment promotes more optimal healing, we conducted a limited controlled and comparative study to assess the effect of a newly introduced burn ointment MEBO (Moist Exposed Burn Ointment) (Julphar Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries, Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE) on re-epithelialization and healing of STSG donor sites as compared with the conventional Sofra-Tulle semi-open dressing (Roussel Laboratories Ltd., Uxbridge, England). We observed that MEBO treated areas were completely reepithelialized within 5 to 6 days while conventionally treated areas required 10 to 12 days to heal.

摘要：The present study aimed to compare between the use of platelet rich fibrin membrane (PRFM) and MEBO scar ointment for cutaneous wound healing as a model treatment. For this reason, forty two local breed rabbits have been divided into four groups, the first three groups were subjected to full thickness skin wound using biopsy punch instrument (diameter 8 mm) on the dorsal thoracic side. Rabbits in the first group leaved without treatment, while in the second group we planted the PRFM in biopsy site, the third group treated with MEBO scarointment. Wound healing process was observed grossly and microscopically at day 3, 7, 10 and 12 post operation.All groups showed normal healing process with competitive advantage to PRFM and MEBO groups respectively compared with untreated group, PRFM was better than the MEBO group, the advantage characterized by less inflammatory reaction, fast reepitheliazation, granulation tissue formation, fibroplasias, and angiogenesis.

摘要：Objective: Many topicals claim an efficacious role in skin scar management with limited evidence. Our aim is to present a clear format for functional testing of a skin scarring ointment, using noninvasive and invasive measurements, categorizing findings under the physiological, structural, and mechanical parameters of a scar., Approach: A double-blinded, randomized volunteer research study of 45 subjects receiving an ointment composing of natural ingredients against a widely used antiscarring topical used as a positive control with temporal sequential punch biopsies (up to 16 weeks) was evaluated using noninvasive quantitative devices and validated by gene and protein studies., Results: Outcome measures included physiological, mechanical, and structural features of scars. Significant non-invasive findings included an increase in skin hydration (p?<?0.05) at week (W) 4, 8, and 12, and elasticity (W16; p?=?0.009). These findings were validated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Hyaluronic acid IHC (W4 p?=?0.014, W12 p?=?0.034, and W16 p?=?0.042), qRT-PCR (W16 p?=?0.049); Collagen I (W16 p?=?0.034, and 0.049) IHC and qRT-PCR, respectively. Collagen III qRT-PCR (W12 p?=?0.035, and W16 p?=?0.32); elastin IHC (W12 p?=?0.044); and fibronectin IHC (W4 p?=?0.009, W12 p?=?0.038, and W16 p = 0.026)., Innovation: Utilizing this model allows for quantitative, objective evaluation of any topical, where previously there has been a paucity of relevant methods to evaluate their effect., Conclusions: The positive effect of a topical formulation with an unknown mechanism of action on early cutaneous scar maturation over progressive sequential time points is now evidenced using noninvasive and invasive techniques with the findings categorized on the basis of scarring parameters.