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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 ...

Study evaluating the incidence of neuropathy in 572 patients with major burn injuries and investigate the clinical correlates for both mononeuropathy and general peripheral poly neuropathy. This study demonstrates that neuropathy is a common complication (11%) of severe burn injury with incidence increasing with age, electrical cause and alcohol ...

Study examined the effects of personality, coping strategies, chronic stress, and social support on the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a severe burn injury. Path analyses were conducted to test a model of the relationship between the predictor variables and PTSD symptoms. Participants completed questionnaires measuring each ...

Survivors of burn injury were surveyed to determine the relationship among burn characteristics (scarring, severity, and visibility), social stigmatization, social support, depression, and body esteem. Participants were also asked to rate the presence or absence of scars on 15 body parts, total body surface area burned, and number of ...

Article describes the development and initial evaluation of the Perceived Stigmatization Questionnaire (PSQ) and the Social Comfort Questionnaire (SCQ). The PSQ measures the frequency of various stigmatizing social behaviors experienced by people with physical distinctions. The SCQ is designed to measure social isolation and the violation of privacy effect ...

Study evaluates the Dexter Evaluation and Therapy System, a tool used to calculate physical impairment in burn patients. The system records muscle strength, extremity and spine range of motion deficits, skeletal impairment, and sensory loss. Ten manually recorded impairment ratings were compared with 10 performed on the Dexter. The ...

The charts of 36 patients with large burn areas were examined to determine if survivors exhibit presenting variables that predict survival. Sixteen patients (44 percent) survived and 20 did not survive. Outcome data analyzed included age, weight, total burn size, full-thickness burn size, length of intensive care unit stay, ...

Study examining burn survivors' emotional distress and life satisfaction at hospital discharge and 6-month follow-up, and the relationship between these outcomes and medical and psychosocial variables. Data were from 295 adults hospitalized for major burn injuries. Results show that distress scores were higher and life satisfaction scores were lower ...

Case study describes a model of care used to accommodate a child with burns and significant compliance issues. This model included services provided by the medical and educational systems and extended from acute recovery through reintegration into the classroom. Educational reentry was facilitated by including a transitional period in ...

Clinical study examines the AlloDerm process that functions as a permanent dermal full-thickness autograft transplant that could reduce donor site trauma and complications. Current treatment is transplantation of split-thickness autografts that close the wound but create another at the donor site. The development of biosynthetic dermal substitutes is based ...

Study examines the rates and severity of depression in burn patients over a 2-year period. The Beck Depression Inventory was administered at 1 month, 1 year, and 2 years after discharge. Results showed that depression ratings were relatively high throughout the different time points. At 1 month, 54 percent ...

Study used the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) to examine the health outcomes of burn survivors at 1 month, 1 year, and 2 years after burn injury. The SIP is used to measure the perceived impact of sickness on the performance of a broad range of daily activities. SIP scores ...