Burn Publications

Article discusses the psychometric properties and clinical utility of the Burn Outcome Questionnaires (BOQs). The BOQs are currently the most well-studied and clinically developed patient-reported outcome measures for use in children with burn injuries. There are currently four separate BOQ instruments: (1) the BOQ0–5, administered to the parents of ...

This is the first installment of a three-part series exploring the stress response to severe burn trauma. This article reviews the current literature pertaining to the pathophysiological stress response to burn trauma, and the leading therapies to mitigate this response. Focus will be placed on recent advances that have ...

Study compared cardiac output (CO) measurements performed in severely burned children using the transpulmonary thermodilution (TPTD) with the PiCCO (Pulse index Continuous Cardiac Output) system or transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Fifty-four severely burned children were studied. Outcomes were compared using t-tests, multiple linear regression, and a Bland-Altman plot. An analysis ...

Study examined self-reported Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) scores in a longitudinal, multicenter cohort of survivors of major burns and identified risk factors associated with SWLS scores are identified. The SWLS is a validated 5-item instrument with items rated on a 1-7 Likert scale. Data from the Burn Model ...

The authors have previously described long-term outcomes related to the skin in patients surviving large burns. The objective of this study was to describe the long-term musculoskeletal complications following major burn injury. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study that includes a one-time evaluation of 98 burn survivors (mean age ...

Study modified an existing scar scale and tested the reliability of the new scale in assessing burn scars from photographs. The new scale consisted of three parameters as follows: scar height, surface appearance, and color mismatch. Each parameter was assigned a score of 1 (best) to 4 (worst), generating ...

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 prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in pediatric burn survivors who had been treated for acute stress disorder symptoms during their initial hospitalization and compared them to patients who had been asymptomatic for acute stress disorder. Participants were primarily matched on total body surface area burned ...

Article reviews the data pertaining to the effects of pharmacological interventions on muscle protein synthesis, breakdown, and net balance (synthesis minus breakdown) in severely burned patients. A review of the literature related to skeletal muscle protein metabolism following burn injury was conducted. Emphasis was on studies utilizing stable isotope ...

Study examined the effects of low and high tidal volume ventilation on the number of ventilator days, ventilation pressures, and incidence of atelectasis, pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in pediatric burned patients with inhalation injury. Inhalation injury was diagnosed by bronchoscopy in 932 pediatric burned patients who ...

Study compared the emotional and cognitive difficulties experienced during the initial acute hospitalization and the last follow-up visit between children with electrical injuries (EI) and children without electrical injuries (non-EI). It was hypothesized that children with electrical burns would have different psychological outcomes. Medical records of 67 patients with ...

Study examined the characteristics and short-term functional outcomes of the pediatric burn inpatient rehabilitation population using data from the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation database between 2002 and 2011. Demographic, medical, and functional data were evaluated for children younger than 18 years at time of admission to inpatient ...

Study evaluated the measurements of a portable materials testing device before and after burn therapist intervention for closed burns. A recording was taken using a hand-held vacuum device to measure deformation of the skin in the same location prior to and following a treatment session with a burn therapist ...

Study investigated whether expression of interleukin 8 (IL-8), a major mediator for inflammatory responses, can be used to predict post-burn sepsis, infections, and mortality. Plasma cytokines, acute-phase proteins, constitutive proteins, and hormones were analyzed during the first 60 days after injury from 468 pediatric burn patients. Demographics and clinical ...

Study examined the skeletal muscle protein synthesis (MPS) rate of burned children over a period of 24 months after injury and identified predictors that influence this response. Eighty-seven children with 40 percent or greater total body surface area (TBSA) burned participated in stable isotope infusion studies at 1, 2, ...

Study investigated whether wound healing and perioperative hemodynamics are affected by propranolol administration in severely burned adults. Sixty-nine adult patients with burns covering at least 30 percent of their total body surface area received standard burn care, 35 patients with and 34 without (controls) propranolol. Propranolol was administered within ...