Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
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Observational Study
Treatment of burned children using dermal regeneration template with or without negative pressure.
Evaluate the results obtained using a Dermal Regeneration Template (DRT) associated or not with the Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) for skin cover in paediatric patients who were victims of burns. ⋯ NPWT associated with DRT offers a higher rate of success in the treatment of complex wounds caused by burns, promotes increased DRT take rate, reduces DRT maturation time and increases the take rate of the skin graft.
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Despite advances in surgical management and critical care for burn surgery, morbidity and mortality of patients with severe burns remains high. Especially in the pediatric population, burns often lead to devastating consequences such as the necessity of corrective surgery until adulthood. Worldwide, 80%-90% of all severe burns occur in low to middle income countries. But also in high income countries, burns are distributed inequitably. Risk factors include age, sex, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. ⋯ The study emphasizes the need for highly specific measures of burn prevention and indicates the necessity of focusing on certain target groups who are especially vulnerable to burns, such as immigrants from less developed countries.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of the effects of inhalation aromatherapy using Damask Rose aroma and the Benson relaxation technique in burn patients: A randomized clinical trial.
Burn injuries are often accompanied by painful and distressing consequences, which can lead to long-term psychological issues. The most common form of anxiety in burn patients is pain anxiety. It is described as the feeling of fear and pain prediction caused by painful procedures. ⋯ The combination of the rose aroma and Benson relaxation has a synergistic effect and has more effects in the reduction of pain anxiety in burn patients than a single intervention. Health care providers can provide these interventions simultaneously and help reduce pain anxiety in burn patients before conducting painful interventions.
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The objective for this manuscript is two-fold: determine the scope of clinical rehabilitation research involving burn-injured persons and assess whether research outcomes include function, return to needed, and desirable routines. Has this research addressed rehabilitation needs of the burn injured? ⋯ Sixty-four articles were selected for review and 22 employed an intervention. Nine articles were intervention trials that used functional measures. Of the 22 intervention trials 3 (14%) were performed while subjects were inpatients, 9 (41%) while they were outpatients, and 10 (45%) while they were both. There were 67 articles that met inclusion for work-related studies. Fourteen were intervention trials, 9 utilized functional outcomes and 5 used impairment outcomes exclusively. Less than 1% of clinical rehabilitation research addresses burns injury and <1% of the randomized trials in rehabilitation relates to burn injury CONCLUSIONS: There are few studies, few intervention trials and among these, very few that use function or return to community based activity as outcomes for people with burn injury.
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The objective evaluation of scar quality plays a crucial role in improving burn surgery and scar rehabilitation. Suction-based skin measurements were proposed as a method to objectively determine the mechanical properties of scars, yet their use is limited, in particular for paediatric burn care. A new device was developed which provides essential advantages for scar assessment. The aim of this study was to assess its reliability, intra- and interobserver variability. ⋯ The new device enables reliable and safe measurement of the stiffness of scars. Measurements are less susceptible to patient non-compliance and observer dependency. The Nimble might therefore constitute an easy to use tool for the systematic assessment of scars, thus supporting decision-making in paediatric burn care.