Showing papers in "Burns in 2014"

TL;DR: The main aim of this review paper is to offer a useful up-to-date guideline to prevent and treat keloids and hypertrophic scars.

TL;DR: Enzymatic débridement with NXB resulted in reduced need for and extent of surgery compared with SOC while achieving comparable long-term results in patients with deep burns.

TL;DR: The present use of silver in medical and consumer products has prompted concerns for potential toxicity and ecological effects, including induction of microbial resistance to antibiotics, despite the fact that silver has been used for medicinal purposes for several thousand years.

TL;DR: Stromal vascular fraction improves burn wound healing by increasing cell proliferation and vascularization, reducing inflammation, and increasing fibroblastic activity.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel burn wound hydrogel dressing was developed which is composed of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid sodium salt with silver nanoparticles.

TL;DR: The biochemistry and physiology of silver are reviewed with emphasis on the use of silver for wound care.

TL;DR: The Ditto™ procedural preparation and distraction device is a useful tool alongside pharmacological intervention to improve the rate of burn re-epithelialization and manage pain and anxiety during burn wound care procedures.

TL;DR: The results suggest that burn rehabilitation massage therapy is effective in improving pain, pruritus, and scar characteristics in hypertrophic scars after burn.

TL;DR: In general, membranous dressings like Biobrane(®) and amnion membrane performed better than the standard of care on epithelialization rate, length of hospital stay and pain for treatment of partial thickness burns in children.

TL;DR: This article aims to present a concise review of the relevant literature and relevant topics pertaining Health Related Quality of Life and burn.

TL;DR: Data on 9031 patients admitted in a 17-year period showed an increasing incidence rate of burn-related burn centre admissions, with a decreasing TBSA and decreasing in-burn centre mortality.

TL;DR: There was not much difference in the rate of change of scar pigmentation with either drug but almost 60% patients in both the groups regained normal pigmentation, adding to evidence of verapamil's capability in flattening the raised scars.

TL;DR: Total burn surface area, full thickness burn, older age, presence of inhalation injury were determined to be the significant risk factors for acquisition of nosocomial infection rates in a Turkish burn ICU.

TL;DR: Trauma was central to the burn experience and comprised two phases: the burn trauma and the recovery trauma, which could be used to inform clinical care at all stages of the burn journey.

TL;DR: This review will highlight the important achievements that demonstrate insulin's ability to stimulate cellular migration and burn wound recovery, as well as providing a perspective on future therapeutic applications and research directions.

TL;DR: Patients of specific demographics, such as female patients and older patients, and patients with a higher percentage of full thickness surface area burns are of greater risk for poorer physical and psychological outcomes and may benefit from additional monitoring and rehabilitation.

TL;DR: Both silver dressings resulted in comparable healing times and bacterial control but the Aquacel(®) Ag dressing significantly increased comfort for patients as well as nurses and was significantly more cost-effective than the Acticoat™ dressing for the given indication.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of literature regarding intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in severely burned patients, and the use of plasma and hypertonic lactated resuscitation may prevent IAH or ACS.

TL;DR: Singular and repetitive PCI with a microneedling device can achieve and supersede the results already shown with medical needling and show benefits such as an increase of epidermal thickness and dermal connective tissue--even more so when combined with skin-care with vitamin A and C.

TL;DR: This is the first report of Adelaide IMipenmase (AIM) MBLs producing P. aeruginosa isolates producing OXA-10, TEM, VIM, PER and IMP beta-lactamases are frequent and the population structures of these isolates are highly similar.

TL;DR: The purpose of this review is to investigate the use of Pulsed Dye Laser as a therapeutic tool for hypertrophic burns scarring and recommend recommendations for future research through a prospective randomised, controlled study using 595 nm PDL in the prevention of scars with less than 6 month duration.

TL;DR: A descriptive phenomenological study was conducted to gain an in-depth insight into burn survivors' experiences' of acknowledgement and acceptance of their injury and the challenges experienced during their rehabilitation journey as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that age variably impacts mortality after burn and that age-specific models for children, adults, and seniors will more accurately predict mortality than an all-ages model.

TL;DR: Both allografts and porcine xenograft seem to perform equally well clinically with regard to healing related outcomes, and the risk of disease transfer, in real life, was shown to be minimal.

TL;DR: Antibiotic resistance rates of pathogens isolated from clinical samples of burn patients from ICU was significantly higher than those from common units, having great implication for infection control in burn patients.

TL;DR: Investigating total burn surface area (TBSA) accuracy among burn specialists, evaluating the potential impact of incorrect evaluation on variations of resultant fluid resuscitation volumes and discussing future possibilities to estimate or measure TBSA more precisely showed high deviations of total body surface area among participants.

TL;DR: The physical demands for shoulder and elbow range of motion while playing the Kinect, and to a lesser extent PS Move, are comparable to functional motion needed for daily tasks such as eating with a utensil and hair combing and show therapeutic potential in burn rehabilitation.

TL;DR: A systematic review of published studies that included TEN patients treated specifically in burns centres to determine a cumulative mortality rate offers a standard that burns centre can use to internationally compare their mortality rates.

TL;DR: There is a necessity for appropriate knowledge and education based programmes for burn survivors with consideration given to the timing and delivery of education to facilitate the rehabilitation journey.

TL;DR: The current status and problems of treatment strategies for HF burns are overviewed, for the purpose of promoting the future researches and improvement.