Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Hypnosis for reduction of background pain and pain anxiety in men with burns: A blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled study.
'Background pain' and 'pain anxiety' are among the numerous problems of patients with burns. Non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions have been used to reduce background pain and pain anxiety. This study compared the effectiveness of hypnosis and 'neutral hypnosis' (as a placebo in the control group) in decreasing the background burn pain and pain anxiety of adult male survivors with burns. ⋯ Hypnosis is effective in reducing background pain quality and pain anxiety of men with burns.
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The objective of this systematic review is to assess the effect of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) or non-absorbable enteral antibiotics (EA) on mortality, the incidence of infection and its adverse effects in burn patients. ⋯ SDD and EA have shown a beneficial effect in burn patients. Both practices are safe. Higher quality RCTs should be conducted to properly assess the efficacy and safety of SDD in this population.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Retrospective analysis on thermal injuries in children-Demographic, etiological and clinical data of German and Austrian pediatric hospitals 2006-2015-Approaching the new German burn registry.
The purpose of this observational, multi-center study was to reveal epidemiologic, etiological and clinical aspects of hospitalized children with thermal injuries in Germany and Austria and the workup of a renewed web-based pediatric burn registry. ⋯ This study extends our knowledge about population characterization of thermally injured children, highlights risk factors and serves as a basis for the renewed pediatric burn registry from 2016 on.