Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
-
Burn and scald injuries are common in children. First aid advice for paediatric burns is offered by a range of health organisations and charities in the UK. Despite this, children still present to emergency departments and burn services having received little or inadequate first aid. ⋯ This study highlights the lack of consistency between first aid guidance provided by health organisations and charities in the UK.
-
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
A comparison between occlusive and exposure dressing in the management of burn wound.
Two types of dressing, occlusive and exposure dressing, are commonly used in burn units. A dressing is said to be occlusive if a moist wound surface is maintained when the dressing is in place. This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of occlusive and exposure dressing in controlling burn infections. ⋯ Exposure dressing was more suitable than occlusive dressing for treating partial-thickness at our center. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common organism encountered in burn infection.
-
The Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) is a popular instrument to measure quality of life (QoL) in burn patients. The current study aims at identifying the prognostic variables for our burn population using the BSHS-RBA (revised, brief and adapted) scale. ⋯ Strategies to improve QoL of burn patients should target psychological aspects, work rehabilitation (early release of contractures) and skin hypersensitivity (including itching) to derive maximum benefit.
-
A multitude of topical wound treatments are used today. Although it is well established that the micro-environment of healing wounds can be altered to improve healing, it is difficult to measure the subtle differences in outcome where therapies are compared. ⋯ Topical agents improve all aspects of wound healing. The addition of a human recombinant EGF to Silver-Sulphadiazine increases epithelial growth and amounts of collagen in the regenerating wounds at day 7.
-
Childhood burns are a leading cause of injury in low- and middle-income countries; most of which are preventable. We aimed to describe the prevalence of household risk factors for childhood burn injury (CBI) in semi-urban Ghana to inform prevention strategies for this growing population. ⋯ This study identified a high prevalence of CBI risk factors in semi-urban households that may benefit from targeted community-based prevention initiatives.