Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
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Prevention activities are very important in paediatric burns. More than 73% of burns occur at home. This study aimed to develop a Childhood Burn Prevention Program for caregivers of children with burns and to evaluate the effectiveness of the program for reducing burn risk factors for children at home as well as increasing the relevant knowledge of caregivers on burn prevention. ⋯ This Childhood Burn Prevention Program can be used to reduce risk factors for burns at home and to increase the relevant knowledge of caregivers of children.
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A severe Covid lockdown in South Africa may have changed burn patterns due to the downturn of the economy and stay-at-home policies. We describe the volume and type of burn admitted to a tertiary hospital before and during the Covid lockdown. ⋯ Electrical burns doubled during Covid, potentially related to an increase in cable and copper wire theft, a phenomenon described during hard economic times in other settings. More studies to understand this potential relationship are indicated to prepare burn centers during future pandemics and/or economic hardship.
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Multicenter Study
Models predicting mortality risk of patients with burns to ≥ 50% of the total body surface.
Several models predicting mortality risk of burn patients have been proposed. However, models that consider all such patients may not well predict the mortality of patients with extensive burns. ⋯ For patients with burns to ≥ 50％of the TBSA, the Zhou et al. and FLAMES models demonstrate relatively high predictive ability for mortality. The new nomogram is sensitive, specific, and accurate, and will aid rapid clinical decision-making.
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Patients with hypertrophic scars following severe burn injury express different long noncoding RNAs.
Research indicates that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) contribute significantly to fibrotic diseases. Although lncRNAs may play a role in hypertrophic scars after burns, its mechanisms remain poorly understood. ⋯ The lncRNA expression profiles of hypertrophic scars after burn changed significantly compared with HCs. It was believed that the transcripts could be used as potential targets for inhibiting abnormal scar formation in burn patients.
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One of the most common traumatic injuries, burn injuries lead to at least 180,000 deaths each year worldwide. Massive burns result in severe tissue loss and increase the rate of infection. Eschar excision with skin grafting is the gold standard of treatments for massive burns. Retaining dermis tissue is the key to ensuring the survival of skin grafts and rapidly closing exposed tissues. Traditional eschar excision with Humby or Weck knife controls the depth of excision until the dermis, but ensuring the accuracy of excision is challenging. Hydrosurgery minimizes damage to uninjured tissues during the removal of necrotic tissues. A foot pedal is used to adjust debridement depth for precise debridement. To figure out the clinical advantages and risks of using hydrosurgery in treating massive burns, this study has been conducted. ⋯ The hydrosurgical excision system showed better clinical effects for patients with massive burns.