Burn Publications

Study examined whether existing comorbidity measures capture comorbidities in the burn inpatient rehabilitation population. Data were obtained from the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation from 2002 to 2011 for adults with burn injury. International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) codes were used to assess three comorbidity measures: ...

Study examined whether self-inflicted burn patients differ from nonintentional, nonwork-related burn patients in terms of psychiatric and personality characteristics. Sociodemographic and injury-related factors were also compared. Fifteen patients with self-inflicted and 178 patients with nonintentional burn injuries were drawn from a larger study examining physical and psychosocial outcomes following ...

Study examined the long-term quality of life (QOL) of pediatric burn survivors with and without inhalation injuries. It was hypothesized that patients with inhalation injury would report more disability and lower QOL. Participants included 51 patients with inhalation injury and 72 without inhalat ion injury who had burns ...

Study examined the characteristics of postburn itch and associated symptoms in the pediatric population. A retrospective review was conducted of 430 pediatric burn survivors who were enrolled in the Burn Model System program from 2006 to 2013. Demographic data, injury characteristics, associated symptoms (skin-related problems, pain, and sleep), and ...

Study examined the effects of early outpatient exercise on muscle mass, function, and fractional synthetic rate in severely burned children. Forty-seven children with burns covering at least 40 percent of their total body surface area performed 12-weeks standard of care rehabilitation (SOC) or rehabilitative exercise training (RET) immediately following hospital ...

Study investigated the impact of severe burn injury on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and coupling control in adult humans. Mitochondria are the cellular organelles responsible for almost all oxygen consumption in vivo. It was hypothesized that severe burn injury alters skeletal muscle mitochondrial function, favoring mitochondrial thermogenesis. This hypothesis ...

Study examined the effect of inhalation injury on burn-induced resting energy expenditure (REE) measurements in children with severe burns. REE, as measured by indirect calorimetry, was used to determine the metabolism levels of patients and to guide their nutrition. Eighty-six children (1–18 years) with 40 percent or more of ...

Study surveyed survivors of The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island to explore the impact of emotional trauma on psychological outcomes. One hundred four participants completed a 130-question survey that assessed demographic (gender, age, race, marital status, number of children, pre-fire employment status); medical (presence and percentage of burn ...

Study compared the rehabilitation outcomes of burn patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) who were discharged to acute care and then readmitted to an IRF (repeaters) with those of burn patients admitted to an IRF only 1 time (nonrepeaters). A secondary analysis was performed of data from the ...

Study examined possible changes in Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores related to changes in emergency management, such as intubation and chemical paralysis, and the potential impact on outcome prediction. The GCS is the most commonly used index of traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity. Participants were 1,228 patients enrolled in the ...

Study investigated whether systemic glucose levels over 150 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl) in severely burned pediatric patients lead to an overwhelming growth of bacteria in the bronchopulmonary system, subsequently resulting in an increased risk of pulmonary infections. One-hundred six severely burned pediatric patients were enrolled in the study. Patients ...