Ethical implications of digital images for teaching and learning purposes: an integrative review by Kornhaber R, Betihavas V, Baber RJ

“…Rachel Kornhaber,1–3 Vasiliki Betihavas,4 Rodney J Baber,5 1School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Rozelle, NSW, 2School of Nursing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 3Severe Burns Injury Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, 4School of Nursing, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 5Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Background: Digital photography has simplified the process of capturing and utilizing medical images. …”
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A five-year overview of fatal thermal and electrical burns in Johannesburg, South Africa by Craig Keyes, Khumo L. Liphoko

“…Thermal and electrical burn injuries affect millions of people globally each year. …”
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Clinical applications of acellular dermal matrices: A review by Kyla Petrie, Cameron T Cox, Benjamin C Becker, Brendan J MacKay

“…While the earliest ADMs were used in severe burn injuries, usage has expanded to a number of surgical subspecialties and procedures, including orthopaedic surgery (e.g. tendon and ligament reconstructions), otolaryngology, oral surgery (e.g. treating gingival recession), abdominal wall surgery (e.g. hernia repair), plastic surgery (e.g. breast reconstruction and penile augmentation), and chronic wounds (e.g. diabetic ulcers). …”
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Management of Laryngotracheal Trauma: A Five-Year Single Institution Experience by Pradipta-Kumar Parida, Kalaiarasi Raja, Arun Alexander

“…Patients who presented with a breach in the laryngotracheal framework were included, while those who had penetrating neck injuries superficial to strap muscles/platysma, burn injuries, caustic ingestion, or endotracheal injuries were excluded from the study.   …”
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The Efficacy of Honey Compared to Silver Sulfadiazine for Burn Wound Dressing in Superficial and Partial Thickness Burns—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Samatar Osman, Hamza Umar, Yousuf Hashmi, Anam Jawaid, Zubair Ahmed

“…We conclude that honey dressings may be as or more effective than SSD in the treatment of superficial and partial thickness burn injuries. However, due to the low quality of available studies in this field, further research is necessary to establish the optimum burn dressing. …”
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Medicine at mass gatherings: current progress of preparedness of emergency medical services and disaster medical response during 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games from the pe... by Naoto Morimura, Yasumitsu Mizobata, Manabu Sugita, Satoshi Takeda, Tetsuro Kiyozumi, Tomohisa Shoko, Yoshiaki Inoue, Yasuhiro Otomo, Atsushi Sakurai, Yuichi Koido, Seizan Tanabe, Tetsu Okumura, Fumihiro Yamasawa, Hideharu Tanaka, Tomoya Kinoshi, Koki Kaku, Kiyoshi Matsuda, Nobuya Kitamura, Tatsuya Hayakawa, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Yumiko Kuroki, Junichi Sasaki, Jun Oda, Masataka Inokuchi, Toru Kakuta, Satoru Arai, Noriaki Sato, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Masahiro Nozawa, Toshio Osamura, Kazunori Yamashita, Hiroshi Okudera, Akihiko Kawana, Tsugumichi Koshinaga, Satoshi Hirano, Erisa Sugawara, Michihiro Kamata, Yasuhito Tajiri, Mototsugu Kohno, Michiyasu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Nakase, Eiichi Suehiro, Hiroaki Yamase, Hiroshi Otake, Hiroshi Morisaki, Akiko Ozawa, Sho Takahashi, Kotaro Otsuka, Kiyokazu Harikae, Kazuo Kishi, Hiroshi Mizuno, Hideaki Nakajima, Hiroki Ueta, Masao Nagayama, Migaku Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Yokota, Takeshi Shimazu, Tetsuo Yukioka, The Joint Committee of the Academic Consortium on Emergency Medical Services, Disaster Medical Response Plan during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 (AC2020)

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Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Corneal Epithelial Repair In Vitro by Santhosh Kacham, Tejal Sunil Bhure, Sindhuja D. Eswaramoorthy, Gaurav Naik, Subha Narayan Rath, Sreenivasa Rao Parcha, Sayan Basu, Virender Singh Sangwan, Sachin Shukla

“…Trauma, infectious keratitis, thermal and chemical (acids and alkali burn) injuries may lead to irreversible corneal scarring, neovascularization, conjunctivalization, and limbal stem cell deficiency. …”
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Free Flap Failure and Complications in Acute Burns: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Julia A. Kasmirski, BS, Mario Alessandri-Bonetti, MD, Hilary Liu, BS, Alain C. Corcos, MD, Jenny A. Ziembicki, MD, Guy M. Stofman, MD, Francesco M. Egro, MD, MSc, MRCS

“…Background:. Severe acute burn injuries represent a challenge to the reconstructive surgeon. …”
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Risk Models to Predict Mortality in Burn Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Mohamed Amir Mrad, MD, FRCSC, MBA, FACS, Abdullah A. Al Qurashi, MBBS, Qutaiba N. M. Shah Mardan, MBBS, MRCS(Eng), Faisal Ali Al Jabr, MBBS, Ahmed A. Almenhali, MBBS, Basma Bamakhrama, MBBS, Bayan Alsharif, MBBS, Rakan Abdulkarim A. AlEtebi, Abdullah Hatem Zarkan, MBBS, Ibrahim A. Kattan, MBBS, Nasser S. Alsubaie, Amin Ghazi Gronfula, MBBS

“…This study is the first systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the current RAMs’ discriminative ability to predict mortality in patients with burn injuries. This meta-analysis demonstrated that RAMs designed for assessing mortality in individuals with burns have acceptable to great discriminative capacity, with the classic Baux, revised Baux, and FLAMES demonstrating superior discriminative performance in predicting death. …”
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Xenogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Improve Wound Healing and Modulate the Immune Response in an Extensive Burn Model by Carolina Caliari-Oliveira, Juliana Navarro Ueda Yaochite, Leandra Náira Zambelli Ramalho, Patrícia Vianna Bonini Palma, Daniela Carlos, Fernando De Queiróz Cunha, Daurea Abadia De Souza, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Dimas Tadeu Covas, Kelen Cristina Ribeiro Malmegrim, Maria Carolina Oliveira, Julio César Voltarelli

“…This study demonstrates the therapeutic effectiveness of intradermal application of MSCs in a rat model of deep burns, providing basis for future regenerative therapies in patients suffering from deep burn injuries.…”
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Influence of solution of lactoprotein with sorbitol on ultrastructural changes in lungs of rats in the condition of burn shock by A. O. Ocheretnyuk, O. V. Palamarchuk, D. A. Lysenko, G. I. Vashchuk, G. I. Stepanyuk

“…The study of functional, biochemical and molecular genetic parameters that characterize the state of the aerohematic barrier under the conditions of using lactoprotein with sorbitol solution in the case of burn injuries of the skin will allow researchers to comprehensively evaluate the mechanisms of the pulmonary protective effect of this preparation and to experimentally substantiate the expediency of its use in clinical practice for pharmaco-correction of burn shock.…”
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Incidence of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolated from Burn Patients and Environment of Teaching Institution by Indu Biswal, Balvinder Singh Arora, Dimple Kasana, Neetushree

“…Settings and Design: A prospective study was undertaken with 525 samples (blood and wound swabs) which were taken from 60 patients who were admitted to Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang hospital with burn injuries and with 101 samples which were obtained from environmental sources viz. …”
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Development of a Novel Covalently Bonded Conjugate of Caprylic Acid Tripeptide (Isoleucine–Leucine–Aspartic Acid) for Wound-Compatible and Injectable Hydrogel to Accelerate Healing... by Sachin B. Baravkar, Yan Lu, Abdul-Razak Masoud, Qi Zhao, Jibao He, Song Hong

“…Third-degree burn injuries pose a significant health threat. Safer, easier-to-use, and more effective techniques are urgently needed for their treatment. …”
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Facial and Hand Scars Appearance after Autologous Nanofat Grafting in Patients with Post Burn Scars by Muhammad Arfan Ishaque, Muhammad Ali Rafique Mirza, Maria Sharif, Ahmed Wahab Arshad

“…Introduction: Management of unsightly post -burn scars has changed tremendously in current era of cosmetic awareness. 5-12% of all worldwide injuries are burn injuries and approximately 11 million patients need hospital care. …”
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Frailty as a predictor of adverse outcomes in burn patients: a systematic review by Arman Shafiee, Razman Arabzadeh Bahri, Shahryar Rajai, Mohammad Ahoopai, Niloofar Seighali, Mohammad Javad Amini

“…Conclusion In conclusion, the postadmission assessment of frailty can be a reliable tool for predicting unfavorable outcomes and mortalities among patients with burn injuries. In addition, future studies with various populations from other countries are required to evaluate the efficacy of frailty indices measurement in order to strengthen the available evidence.…”
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Impact of licorice root on the burn healing process: A double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial by Mohsen Zabihi, Bahareh Hatefi, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Ardakani, Ali Mohammad Ranjbar, Farhad Mohammadi

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Amniotic membranes as biological dressings for treatment of severe experimental burns in rabbit by Karima Al Salihi, Hayder Merhej Watban, Fatima Atiya Kareem1, Noor AbdulHadi Hasan

“…For the author's knowledge, this is the first study regarding the application of amniotic membrane in the treatment of burns injuries in Iraq. The authors recommend moving the results of this preliminary studies to clinical studies after standardized the method of preparation of amniotic membrane dressing.…”
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Research on the possibilities of a therapeutic approach through physical interventions with Laser MLS (Multiwave Locked System) in post-combustion pathology (burns and severe burns... by Ruxandra Luciana Postoiu, Gelu Onose

“…Seven of the selected articles have been included in our systematic literature review. The evolution of burn injuries materialized through improvements, will hopefully be achievable, both through direct observation and through the favorable dynamic progress of the scores of the quantification scales used: (VSS – Vancouver Scar Scale, VAS – Visual Analogue Scale, 5-D ITCH Scale, according to the model of the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale – AIS - for sensitivity disorders, 3-step scale, ROM – Range of motion, MMT – Manual Muscle Test Scale, The Barthel Index, FIM – Functional Independence Measure scale, ADL, Timed up and go test, Walk Speed, Berg Balance Scale, Six-Minutes Walk Test). …”
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Risk factors for the failure to achieve normal albumin serum levels after albumin transfusion in neonates by Nadya Arafuri, Pudjo Hagung Widjajanto, Ekawaty L. Haksari

“…Neonates with very low birth weight, severe birth trauma, burn injuries, severe bleeding, or incomplete medical records were excluded. …”
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Investigating factors affecting the interval between a burn and the start of treatment using data mining methods and logistic regression by Touraj Ahmadi-Jouybari, Somayeh Najafi-Ghobadi, Reza Karami-Matin, Saeid Najafian-Ghobadi, Khadijeh Najafi-Ghobadi

“…Researches well documented that a quick visit to a healthcare center can greatly reduce burn injuries. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify the effective factors in the interval between a burn and start of treatment in burn patients by comparing three classification data mining methods and logistic regression. …”
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