Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
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Burn injuries in childhood create serious trauma for both children and their caregivers. Burn injuries require extensive nursing care to reduce complications and to restore optimal functional health conditions. When children receive burn treatment and their caregivers are migrants with different languages, religions, and habits, nurses must adopt a cultural approach while caring for such patients. ⋯ The results of this study provide a novel insight into nurses' experiences with migrant child patients and their caregivers, and can be used to develop action plans to provide effective cultural care for patients receiving burn treatment and their caregivers.
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The study aim was to investigate if Suprathel® can be an adequate alternative to Mepilex® Ag for the treatment of partial-thickness scalds in children. ⋯ Two different treatments were compared for children with partial-thickness scalds, and the data indicates that similar results are received with both dressings.
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Electrical burns (EI) differ from other burn injuries in the immediate treatment given and delayed sequelae they manifest. This paper reviews our burn center's experience with electrical injuries. All patients with electrical injuries admitted from January 2002 to August 2019 were included. ⋯ Electrical injuries are associated with protean sequelae. Immediate complications include cardiac, renal, and deep burns. Neurologic complications, while uncommon, can occur immediately or are delayed.
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Depending on extent and depth, burn injuries and resulting scars may be challenging and expensive to treat and above all heavily impact the patients' lives. This systematic review represents the current state of knowledge on molecular pathways activated during burn wound healing. All currently known molecular information about gene expression and molecular interactions in mammals has been summarized. ⋯ This systematic review helps to explain the fundamental molecular proceedings participating in burn wound healing. A number of new molecular interactions and functional connections were identified yielding intriguing new research targets. An interactive version of the first network about molecular pathways and interactions during burn wound healing is provided in the online edition and on WikiPathways.
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Patients with major burns can undergo temporary coverage while skin graft donor sites heal, where dermal templates have an emerging role. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes and resource utilisation in patients with major burns treated with a bilayer biodegradable synthetic matrix (NovoSorb BTM). ⋯ Resource utilisation and clinical outcomes were similar in patients with at least 40 % TBSA treated with BTM and those who were treated with allograft before the introduction of BTM. Patients treated with BTM had significantly less total operative time and no difference in number of operations, allograft use and ICU LOS.