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John Ahmadou Mokube, Vincent Siysi Verla, Victor Njie Mbome, Aimié Thierry Bitang. Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2009;3:21 Key words: burns, pregnancy, multidisciplinary approach, prognosis Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/21/full Received: 22/11/2009 - Accepted: 16/12/2009 - Published: 22/12/2009 © John Ahmadou Mokube et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Burns in pregnancy: a case report from Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon
John Ahmadou Mokube1,2,&, Vincent Siysi Verla1,2, Victor Njie Mbome1,2, Aimié Thierry Bitang2
1Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon; 2Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Vincent Siysi Verla, Anesthetist -Intensive Care Physician, Buea Regional Hospital, Assistant Lecturer University of Buea, Cameroon. Tel: +237 77740338
Abstract
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.
