Showing papers in "Burns in 2009"

TL;DR: Following the chronology of normal wound healing, the complex molecular and cellular key processes that may be responsible for hypertrophic scars are unravel, clarify and reorganize.

TL;DR: Gene therapy, initially developed for treatment of congenital defects, is a new option for enhancing wound repair, and in order to accelerate wound closure, genes encoding for growth factors or cytokines showed the greatest potential.

TL;DR: This review will focus on hypertrophic scar formation after burn in particular, exploring multiple treatment options and describing their properties as well as effectiveness, and recommendations regarding the classification of hypertrophy in the daily practice and in clinical trials are implemented.

TL;DR: Practical guidance is set out to give practical guidance to all healthcare professionals with examples from their practice, finding the addition of pain specialists as an integral part of the burns multi-disciplinary team, and an environment where pain is given a high clinical priority to be invaluable in the authors' approach to pain control.

TL;DR: This is the first study to quantify the advantage of LDI scanning over clinical assessments during these important early after burn days, and LDI accuracy was significantly higher than clinical accuracy on day 3 (p<0.001) and day 5 (p=0.005).

TL;DR: A conceptual framework for unifying outcome measurement is set out, which may be useful to all members of the multidisciplinary team who are contemplating outcome assessment in their burn patients and outlines seven core domains of assessment.

TL;DR: The present review is a summary of what has already been accomplished in terms of burn prevention highlighting some of the successes but above all the numerous pitfalls and failures.

TL;DR: It can be concluded that acetic acid in a concentration of 3% has excellent bactericidal effect and, therefore, seems to be suitable as a local antiseptic agent, but further clinical studies are necessary.

TL;DR: The study shows shifts in the microbial spectrum and their antibiogram, which mandate frequent reassessments in-depth knowledge of the bacteria causing infectious complications and of their antibiotic susceptibilities is a prerequisite for treating burn patients.

TL;DR: ED presentations and hospital admissions and deaths have remained the same over this study period, but rates of burn remain high in males, children and the elderly, which could be due to variations in the implementation of government prevention and control programs.

TL;DR: Advanced endpoint monitoring may guide clinicians in when to 'turn off' aggressive fluid therapy and therefore avoid the problems of over-resuscitation.

TL;DR: This first comparison of Matriderm with Integra in a rat model revealed no major differences in engraftment rates or vascularisation.

TL;DR: The high incidence of AKI in patients with severe burns was demonstrated and the association of Failure class of acute kidney injury with high mortality was demonstrated.

TL;DR: Recommendations for the first aid treatment of burn injuries should be to use cold running tap water (between 2 and 15 degrees C) on the burn, not ice or alternative plant therapies.

TL;DR: The treatment of hand burns requires the interdisciplinary teamwork of surgeons, physio- and occupational therapists, psychologists, motivated health care personnel and consequent treatment strategies.

TL;DR: Although HO after burn is uncommon, physicians should keep the complication in mind and surgery is the treatment of choice when the diagnosis of HO is confirmed.

TL;DR: Specific aspects which inhibit or reinforce the application of PGT on the patients' part are investigated and recommendations for future interventions enhancing adherence are outlined.

TL;DR: Silicone products, either in gel or sheet, are superior to Contractubex in the treatment of the hypertrophic scar, and the therapist should select the most appropriate agent according to the patient's need and guidelines of these signs.

TL;DR: It is concluded that porcine ADM bears a strong similarity to human ADM, and might be a substitute for humanADM in the future.

TL;DR: Mental disorders, particularly substance use disorders, psychotic disorders, and personality disorders are common among acute burn patients before injury, and these disorders may predispose to burns.

TL;DR: The EQ-5D has good psychometric properties, it is short and easy to administer and thus useful in assessment of HRQoL after burn, and was associated with burn severity and discriminated between clinical subgroups in an expected manner.

TL;DR: In this Canadian health region, patients who die from burns tend to be older, present to the hospital during the winter months, and suffer more acute burns to the torso or multiple body regions.

TL;DR: Decorin may have therapeutic potential for excessive skin contraction as observed in hypertrophic scarring, by using fibroblast-populated collagen lattice with decorin added to the collagen gel.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that bacterial virulence factors capable of inducing persistent low-level oxidative stress play a pivotal role in modulating the tissue repair response to infection by inducing premature cellular senescence is supported.

TL;DR: Silicone gel is an effective treatment for hypertrophic burn scars in reducing scar interference with normal function and improving cosmesis.

TL;DR: This study reveals that P. aeruginosa isolated from burns in this region are multidrug resistant and produce ESBL in large proportions.

TL;DR: Severity-based incidence of burn was significantly affected by household-level SES in a nationwide cohort study, with more severe injuries noted in the lower socioeconomic groups.

TL;DR: In this model, MV and not inhalation injury is a mortality risk factor and age, total and full-thickness BSA burned, female gender and early mechanical ventilation were independently associated with mortality.

TL;DR: The commercially available pressure measurement system, the Pliance X System, was found to be a reliable tool for measurement of low interface pressure under static condition.

TL;DR: The complications were more severe and common in the high-voltage group, while longer hospital stays and more complex surgical procedures due to the greater depth of burns were also observed in this group.