Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
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There were over 60 firefighter line of duty deaths and roughly 30,000 injuries in the United States in 2016. Modern thermoprotective gear has reduced the risks firefighters face from both thermal and inhalation injury, but must be used properly to be effective. The purpose of this study is to examine gear use and associated injury in firefighters. ⋯ Firefighters risk injury by omitting gear and not adhering to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) guidelines on gear sizing, maintenance, and station wear. Firefighters also frequently self-treat serious burns despite unique considerations regarding re-injury. National trends related to gear use and injury risk should be studied further, and standards should be developed for ensuring safe return to work.
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of severe burn injury and is associated with a high mortality rate of up to 80%. We aimed to establish the incidence, mortality rate, and factors related to mortality in adult patients with severe burn injury and AKI with renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Singapore. ⋯ The incidence of AKI with RRT in the Singapore study cohort was high, but their mortality rate was relatively lower compared to other study cohorts. Severity of AKI and use of RRT were associated with poor prognosis. Large scale study is required to further study the risk factors for mortality in this group of patients and establish cause-and-effect relationship.
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To investigate factors informing burns care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. ⋯ There is a need for changes in the way evidence informs policy and practice in burns care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families so that it incorporates Indigenous constructs of health and wellbeing.
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As medicine continues to advance, many individuals are living longer with injuries previously considered life threatening. These individuals often face numerous long-term physical and psychological sequelae associated with their injury that persist through the course of their lives. Recently, other injury populations have begun to think of their condition as "chronic". Using data collected from the Burn Model System National Database, a framework for the reconsideration of burn injury as a chronic condition is proposed.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of the perceived stigmatization measures between the general population and burn survivors in Brazil.
To compare perceived stigmatization, symptoms of depression and self-esteem of adults from Brazilian general population with Brazilian burns survivors and to verify the possible correlations between these populations. ⋯ Participants from the general population and burn survivors exhibit similar levels of perception of stigmatization; the general population presented fewer symptoms of depression and a higher self-esteem when compared to burn survivors.