Burn Publications

Objective: To determine the frequency and correlates of symptoms of depression experienced by long-term burn survivors. Design: An exploratory study of a cross-sectional, self-selected sample. Participants: 311 burn survivors who were at least 3 years postburn (M = 20, SD = 15). Main Outcome Measure: The Short Mood and ...

The etiology and treatment of hypertrophic scar remain puzzles even after decades of research. A significant reason is the lack of an accepted animal model of the process. The female, red Duroc pig model was described long ago. Since the skin of the pig is similar to that of ...

BACKGROUND: Optimal burn care is provided at specialized burn centers. Given the geographic location of these centers, many burn patients receive initial treatment at local emergency departments prior to transfer. The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients transferred from other facilities have worse outcomes than those ...

This study tested the hypothesis that the relationship between subjective burn scar severity and body-esteem is moderated by importance of appearance. Three hundred and forty-six adult burn survivors completed a mailed or online survey. The three subscales of the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BE-Appearance [satisfaction with general ...

Objective: To determine the frequency and correlates of symptoms of depression experienced by long-term burn survivors. Design: An exploratory study of a cross-sectional, self-selected sample. Participants: 311 burn survivors who were at least 3 years postburn (M 20, SD 15). Main Outcome Measure: The Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire, ...

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This study investigated the prevalence of symptoms of depression in patients hospitalized with severe burns and the association of symptoms of depression in the hospital with physical health 2 months after discharge, controlling for pre-burn physical health as measured by the SF-36 physical composite score. Survivors of acute burns ...

This study examines potential for suicide risk among young adults burned as children and examines characteristics associated with potential risk. Eighty-five young adults were administered the Suicide Probability Scale, which contains four clinical subscales: suicide ideation, hopelessness, negative self-evaluation, and hostility; the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire; and the Family ...

OBJECTIVE: To study the efficacy of growth hormone given to severely burned children from discharge to 12 months after burn and for 12 months after the drug was discontinued. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: We have previously shown that low-dose recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), given to children after a severe ...

Background: Major trauma and burns are associated with whole body catabolism which can persist for 1 or more years after injury. This study investigates body composition in massively burned children for up to 2 years. Methods: Twenty-five pediatric patients with greater than 40% total body surface area burns were ...

INTRODUCTION: The standard technique for assessing pulmonary diffusing capacity of the lungs (DL) for carbon monoxide (CO) is the single breath (SB) technique. SB_DLco in children can be problematic because it requires a vital capacity >1.5 L. We have developed an open-circuit technique (OC), which uses the wash-in of ...

Ninety-five young adult pediatric burn survivors, ages 18 to 28, who were an average of 14 years after massive burn, were questioned about their quality of life. The Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) by Evans and Cope was used to assess their long-term adjustment in diverse environmental settings. Results ...

INTRODUCTION: Knowledge of a child's resting energy expenditure (REE) is essential in optimizing nutritional support for severely burned children. The provision of adequate nutritional support is vital in order to avoid the consequences of malnutrition or overfeeding. Nutritional requirements for severely burned children are often based on equations for ...

Introduction: Recent evidence suggests that female severely burned children have higher endogenous anabolic hormone levels and a shorter ICU stay compared with males. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of age and gender on resting energy expenditure (REE) in severely burned children from acute hospitalization ...

INTRODUCTION: Severe burns result in skeletal muscle catabolism and weakness, which is worsened by prolonged physical inactivity. Exercise would be an ideal tool in the rehabilitation of burned children. However, it has been postulated that burned children may have an excessive rise in body temperature during exercise compared to ...

This study tested the hypothesis that the relationship between subjective burn scar severity and body-esteem is moderated by importance of appearance. Three hundred and forty-six adult burn survivors completed a mailed or online survey. The three subscales of the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BE-Appearance [satisfaction with general appearance], ...

The etiology and treatment of hypertrophic scar remain puzzles even after decades of research. A significant reason is the lack of an accepted animal model of the process. The female, red Duroc pig model was described long ago. Since the skin of the pig is similar to that of humans, ...

Using the Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System's longitudinal database, this study investigated whether patterns exist among participants lost to follow-up at 6, 12, or 24 months after injury and identified characteristics that that reliably discriminated between those who are lost to follow-up and those who are not. Stepwise logistic regression ...

Study examined the degree of impairment and rate of recovery among individuals with differing levels of physical and psychological burden. Physical burden groups were defined by burn size and psychological burden groups were defined by in-hospital distress. Analyses compared groups across level of burden and with published normative data. ...

Medical records of 27 adults admitted to a burn center from July 1998 to July 2003 with injuries resulting from campfire burns were retrospectively reviewed. Particular attention was given to mechanism of injury, intoxication level, burn size, and surgeries performed. Two distinct mechanisms of injury emerged: contact with the ...