The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors is the leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering anyone affected by a burn injury through peer support, education, and advocacy.
Study examined the effect of scald burn injury on rat tracheal epithelium at 5 days after injury and tested the hypothesis that treatment with febuxostat (FBX), an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase (XO), can be protective of cell homeostasis. Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into uninjured (sham), injured (control), and ...
Study analyzed data prospectively obtained from adults with major burn injury 2 months after hospital discharge and 12 months after injury to determine (1) how their quality of life (QOL) changed over time, and (2) what specific functional, emotional, and social variables are able to predict QOL. The Burn ...
Advances in critical care and surgical management have significantly improved survival following burns over the past several decades. However, today, survival alone is an insufficient outcome. The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has created a program to evaluate the long-term sequelae of burn injuries. As part ...
Study examined the need for surgical intervention in children with burn injuries who received a supervised, hospital-based exercise and physical therapy program compared to pediatric burn patients who received conventional physical therapy in their homes. Fifty-three patients were evaluated at 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months after injury ...
Reviews literature that provides objective data on the ability to return to work after burns and analyzes data obtained from participants at 2 regional burn centers who were employed outside the home at the time of injury. The literature searched from 1966 through October 2000 yielded 10 articles with ...
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 ...
A medida que la piel se cura de una lesión por quemadura, puede dar picazón. Casi todas las personas que se recuperan de quemaduras importantes tienen problemas con la picazón, especialmente en la quemadura o alrededor de ésta, el injerto o el sitio de la donación. Este infocómic comparte información ...
Itchy Skin After Burn Injury Infocomic
As skin heals from a burn injury, it may get itchy. Almost everyone recovering from major burns has problems with itching—especially on or around the burn, graft or donor site. This infocomic shares information on itchy skin after burn injury and ways to help manage ...
Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Galveston, a 30-bed pediatric burn hospital, research and teaching center, conducts research to discover new knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children and families.
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues.
Disability.gov is the federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services nationwide.You can find thousands of resources on topics, such as applying for Social Security disability benefits, finding a job and paying for accessible housing, to name just a few.
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The Children’s Burn Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support services for child burn survivors, ages 0-18 and their families, as well as burn prevention and fire safety education to thousands of children and caregivers in Southern California, nationally, and internationally.
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The mission of the Burn Advocates Network is to support burn survivors – whether they are children, young men and women who are wounded in combat, or the elderly – as they face the challenges of recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
The American Burn Association is dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by burn injury. The American Burn Association and its members dedicate their efforts and resources to promoting and supporting burn-related research, education, care, rehabilitation, and prevention.
View our slideshow on understanding itchy skin after burn injury, why it occurs, ways to talk about it with your health care team, and strategies for managing it.