The venous ulcer continues to be a clinical challenge: an update

Venous ulcers are a common chronic problem in many countries especially in Northern Europe and USA. The overall prevalence of this condition is 1% rising to 3% in the over 65 years of age. Over the last 25 yea...

Authors: Ting Xie, Junna Ye, Kittipan Rerkasem and Rajgopal Mani

A retrospective cohort study to compare post-injury admissions for infectious diseases in burn patients, non-burn trauma patients and uninjured people

Injury triggers a range of systemic effects including inflammation and immune responses. This study aimed to compare infectious disease admissions after burn and other types of injury using linked hospital adm...

Authors: Janine M. Duke, Sean M. Randall, James H. Boyd, Mark W. Fear, Suzanne Rea and Fiona M. Wood

3D printing of patient-specific neck splints for the treatment of post-burn neck contractures

Authors: Dafydd O. Visscher, Sjoerd te Slaa, Mariëlle E. Jaspers, Marloes van de Hulsbeek, Jorien Borst, Jan Wolff, Tymour Forouzanfar and Paul P. van Zuijlen

Cell therapy for severe burn wound healing

Cell therapy has emerged as an important component of life-saving procedures in treating burns. Over past decades, advances in stem cells and regenerative medicine have offered exciting opportunities of develo...

Authors: Zhe Li and Peter Maitz

Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of severe burn patients: results of a retrospective multicenter study in China, 2011–2015

Severe burns injury is a serious pathology, leading to teratogenicity and significant mortality, and it also has a long-term social impact. The aim of this article is to describe the hospitalized population wi...

Authors: Hao Tian, Liangxi Wang, Weiguo Xie, Chuanan Shen, Guanghua Guo, Jiaqi Liu, Chunmao Han, Licheng Ren, Yi Liang, Yong Tang, Yuan Wang, Meifang Yin, Jiaping Zhang and Yuesheng Huang

Synthesis of graphene oxide-quaternary ammonium nanocomposite with synergistic antibacterial activity to promote infected wound healing

Bacterial infection is one of the most common complications in burn, trauma, and chronic refractory wounds and is an impediment to healing. The frequent occurrence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria due to ir...

Authors: Tengfei Liu, Yuqing Liu, Menglong Liu, Ying Wang, Weifeng He, Gaoqiang Shi, Xiaohong Hu, Rixing Zhan, Gaoxing Luo, Malcolm Xing and Jun Wu

Body image in paediatric burns: a review

Burn injuries in children can result in life-long disfigurement. As medical and surgical techniques of burn management improve survival prospects more than ever before, body image adjustment is increasingly a ...

Authors: Ian C. C. King

Vitamin D status and its influence on outcomes following major burn injury and critical illness

Vitamin D deficiency is common among the general population. It is also observed in up to 76% of critically ill patients. Despite the high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in critical illness, vitamin D is ofte...

Authors: Khaled Al-Tarrah, Martin Hewison, Naiem Moiemen and Janet M. Lord

Mental health history—a contributing factor for poorer outcomes in burn survivors

A pre-morbid mental health history is common in patients with severe burn injuries. This creates challenges in providing rehabilitation. The aim of this study is to cross examine the possible impact of psychol...

Authors: Frank Li and Danielle Coombs

Checking procalcitonin suitability for prognosis and antimicrobial therapy monitoring in burn patients

Due to greater infection susceptibility, sepsis is the main cause of death in burn patients. Quick diagnosis and patient stratification, early and appropriated antimicrobial therapy, and focus control are cruc...

Authors: Luís Cabral, Vera Afreixo, Rita Meireles, Miguel Vaz, Catarina Chaves, Marisa Caetano, Luís Almeida and José Artur Paiva

Assessment and prediction of road accident injuries trend using time-series models in Kurdistan

Road traffic accidents are commonly encountered incidents that can cause high-intensity injuries to the victims and have direct impacts on the members of the society. Iran has one of the highest incident rates...

Authors: Maryam Parvareh, Asrin Karimi, Satar Rezaei, Abraha Woldemichael, Sairan Nili, Bijan Nouri and Nader Esmail Nasab

A rare case of severe third degree friction burns and large Morel-Lavallee lesion of the abdominal wall

Morel-Lavallee lesions (MLLs) are rare internal degloving injuries typically caused by blunt traumatic injuries and most commonly occur around the hips and in association with pelvic or acetabular fractures. M...

Authors: Darnell J. Brown, Kuo Jung G. Lu, Kristina Chang, Jennifer Levin, John T. Schulz III and Jeremy Goverman

The validation study on a three-dimensional burn estimation smart-phone application: accurate, free and fast?

Accurate total body surface area burned (TBSAB) estimation is a crucial aspect of early burn management. It helps guide resuscitation and is essential in the calculation of fluid requirements. Conventional met...

Authors: A. K. W. Cheah, T. Kangkorn, E. H. Tan, M. L. Loo and S. J. Chong

Post-traumatic stress disorder and resilience among adult burn patients in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the major psychological disorders developed after burn injuries, though this subject of burn injuries and their destructive chronic psychological impact are not ...

Authors: Akhtar Bibi, Sundas Kalim and Muhammad Adnan Khalid

Free-style puzzle flap as a cross-leg pedicled flap: the concept of re-using a flap in acute burns, a case report

In well-selected cases, flaps can play a pivotal role in optimizing outcomes in the acute phase of burns. A previous redundant flap could be reused or recycled as a donor site from which a new flap could be ra...

Authors: Kevin Serror, Marc Chaouat, Golda Romano, Magali Schmidt, Alice Blet, Maurice Mimoun and David Boccara

Tissue engineering of skin and regenerative medicine for wound care

Engineering of biologic skin substitutes has progressed over time from individual applications of skin cells, or biopolymer scaffolds, to combinations of cells and scaffolds for treatment, healing, and closure...

Authors: Steven T. Boyce and Andrea L. Lalley

Bioprinting of skin constructs for wound healing

Extensive burns and full-thickness skin wounds are difficult to repair. Autologous split-thickness skin graft (ASSG) is still used as the gold standard in the clinic. However, the shortage of donor skin tissue...

Authors: Peng He, Junning Zhao, Jiumeng Zhang, Bo Li, Zhiyuan Gou, Maling Gou and Xiaolu Li

An objective measure for the assessment and management of fluid shifts in acute major burns

Major burns are life threatening. Fluid resuscitation is required for survival to maintain intravascular volumes and prevent hypovolemic shock. Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) has been recognised as a potentia...

Authors: Pippa Kenworthy, Michael Phillips, Tiffany L. Grisbrook, William Gibson, Fiona M. Wood and Dale W. Edgar

Validation of the trauma mortality prediction scores from a Malaysian population

Well-known trauma mortality prediction scores such as New Injury Severity Score (NISS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), and Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) have been externally validated from high-income ...

Authors: Jih Huei Tan, Henry Chor Lip Tan, Nur Azlin Md Noh, Yuzaidi Mohamad and Rizal Imran Alwi

The significance of changes in platelet concentration during the early phase after severe burn injury in a Chinese mass casualty

Changes in platelet concentration are common in severe burn patients. Platelets play a key role in the course of disease. This study aims to explore the significance of platelet concentration during the course...

Authors: Beiming Shou, Junqiang Li, Chenqi Tang, Qian Tan, Dongfeng Zheng, Binwei Sun, Lanjun Nie, Hongwei Zhang, Yanan Jiang, Chunming Wang and Yanwen Wu

A rare case of failed healing in previously burned skin after a secondary burns

Patients presenting with large surface area burns are common in our practice; however, patients with a secondary large burn on pre-existing burn scars and grafts are rare and not reported.

Authors: Stephen J. Goldie, Shaun Parsons, Hana Menezes, Andrew Ives and Heather Cleland

Follow-up in patients with a burn-related emergency department visit: a feasibility study

Data on epidemiology, costs, and outcomes of burn-related injuries presenting at emergency departments (EDs) are scarce. To obtain such information, a questionnaire study with an adequate response rate is impe...

Authors: H. Goei, B. F. M. Wijnen, S. Mans, M. A. C. de Jongh, C. H. van der Vlies, S. Polinder, N. E. E. van Loey and M. E. van Baar

Sodium variability is associated with increased mortality in severe burn injury

Dysnatremias are associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients. Hypernatremia in burn patients is also associated with poor survival. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that high plasma ...

Authors: Soman Sen, Nam Tran, Brian Chan, Tina L. Palmieri, David G. Greenhalgh and Kiho Cho

Pediatric inhalation injury

Smoke inhalation injury can cause severe physiologic perturbations. In pediatric patients, these perturbations cause profound changes in cardiac and pulmonary physiology. In this review, we examine the patholo...

Authors: Soman Sen

Topical antimicrobial agents for pediatric burns

While topical antimicrobial agents are indicated for most if not all burn wounds, the choice of a topical agent must consider many factors such as the wound depth, anticipated time to healing, need for surgica...

Authors: Robert Cartotto