524 Effectiveness of Burns Wound Cleansing by Comparison of Prewash and Post Wash Swab Reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Sayed ◽  
S Jabeen ◽  
A Soueid

Abstract Aim The main aim and objective were to optimise wound healing through infection prevention. This clinical audit aimed to investigate the effectiveness of burn wound cleansing in decreasing bacterial load by comparing pre-wash and post-wash swab results against local burn wound management and aseptic non touch technique (ANTT) guidelines. Method The audit was conducted retrospectively on children admitted to Burns Unit during August 2019, excluding resuscitation burn patients. Pre- and post-wash swabs taken on admission were included and the results obtained from Chameleon database. Data were collected on excel spread sheets including demographic variables such as age, sex, type of injury, percentage total body surface area (TBSA) and mechanism of injury. Data were analysed and results compiled. Results Fifty patients were admitted over a month period; amongst those 60% were male and 40% female of ages ranging from 5 months to 14 years. Scald (50%) was found to be the most common mode of injury followed by contact burn (36%) involving 0.30 to 9% TBSA. Among 50 patients, 30 (60%) showed no growth in pre-wash and 36 (72%) in post-wash swabs. However, 6% post-wash swabs that were initially negative later showed bacillus cereus, staph aureus, Enterobacter, and Acinetobacter. Similarly, another 4% post-wash swabs developed new microorganisms as compared to pre-wash swabs. Conclusions The most common bacteria colonising both pre- and post-wash swabs was staph aureus. Overall, cleansing had reduced the bacterial load significantly around 82% very effective. It is imperative to stick to local guidelines to reduce morbidity and mortality in burn patients.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Che Wei Chang ◽  
Feipei Lai ◽  
Mesakh Christian ◽  
Yu Chun Chen ◽  
Ching Hsu ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND Accurate assessment of the percentage of total body surface area (%TBSA) of burn wounds is crucial in the management of burn patients. The resuscitation fluid and nutritional needs of burn patients, their need for intensive unit care, and probability of mortality are all directly related to %TBSA. It is difficult to estimate a burn area of irregular shape by inspection. Many articles have reported discrepancy in estimating %TBSA by different doctors. OBJECTIVE We propose a method, based on deep learning, for burn wound detection, segmentation and calculation of % TBSA on a pixel-to-pixel basis. METHODS A two-step procedure was used to convert burn wound diagnosis into %TBSA. In the first step, images of burn wounds were collected and labeled by burn surgeons and the dataset was then input into two deep learning architectures, U-Net and Mask R-CNN, each configured with two different backbones, to segment the burn wounds. In the second step, we collected and labeled images of hands to create another dataset, which was also input into U-Net and Mask R-CNN to segment the hands. The percentage of TBSA of the burn wounds was then calculated by comparing the pixels of mask areas on the images of the burn wound and hand of the same patient according to the rule of hand, which says that one’s hand accounts for 0.8% of TBSA. RESULTS A total of 2591 images of burn wounds were collected and labeled to form the burn-wound dataset. The dataset was randomly split into a ratio of 8:1:1 to form the training, validation, and testing sets. Four hundred images of volar hands were collected and labeled to form the hand dataset, which was also split into three sets using the same method. For the images of burn wounds, Mask R-CNN with ResNet101 had the best segmentation result with a Dice coefficient (DC) of 0.9496, while U-Net with ResNet101 had a DC of 0.8545. For the hand images, U-Net and Mask R-CNN had similar performance with a DC of 0.9920 and 0.9910, respectively. Lastly, we conducted a test diagnosis in a burn patient. Mask R-CNN with ResNet-101 had on average less deviation (0.115% TBSA) from the ground truth than burn surgeons. CONCLUSIONS This is one of the first studies to diagnose all depths of burn wounds and convert the segmentation results into %TBSA using different deep learning models. We aimed to assist medical staff in estimating burn size more accurately and thereby helping to provide precise care to burn victims.


Author(s):  
Nikita Batra ◽  
Yinan Zheng ◽  
Emily C Alberto ◽  
Omar Z Ahmed ◽  
Megan Cheng ◽  
...  

Abstract Treadmill burns that occur from friction mechanism are a common cause of hand burns in children. These burns are deeper and more likely to require surgical intervention compared to hand burns from other mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with healing time using an initial nonoperative approach. A retrospective chart review was performed examining children (<15 years) who were treated for treadmill burns to the hand between 2012 and 2019. Patient age, burn depth, total body surface area of the hand injury, and time to healing were recorded. Topical wound management strategies (silver sheet, silver cream, non-silver sheet, and non-silver cream) and associated treatment durations were determined. For patients with burns to bilateral hands, the features, treatment, and outcomes of each hand were assessed separately. Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between time to healing and patient characteristics and treatment type. Seventy-seven patients with 86 hand burns (median age 3 years, range 1–11) had a median total body surface area per hand burn of 0.8% (range 0.1–1.5%). Full-thickness burns (n = 47, 54.7%) were associated with longer time to healing compared to partial-thickness burns (HR 0.28, CI 0.15–0.54, P < .001). Silver sheet treatment was also associated with more rapid time to healing compared to treatment with a silver cream (HR 2.64, CI 1.01–6.89, P = .047). Most pediatric treadmill burns can be managed successfully with a nonoperative approach. More research is needed to confirm the superiority of treatment with silver sheets compared to treatment with silver creams.


Author(s):  
Audrey Marie O'Neil ◽  
Cassandra Rush ◽  
Laura Griffard ◽  
David Roggy ◽  
Allison Boyd ◽  
...  

Abstract Early mobilization with mechanically ventilated patients has received significant attention within recent literature, however limited research has focused specifically on the burn population. The purpose of this single center, retrospective analysis was to review the use of a burn critical care mobility algorithm, to determine safety and feasibility of a burn vented mobility program, share limitations preventing mobility progression at our facility, and discuss unique challenges to vented mobility with intubated burn patients. A retrospective review was completed for all intubated burn center admissions between January 2015 to December 2019. Burn Therapy notes were then reviewed for data collection, during the intubation period, using stages of the mobility algorithm. In 5 years following initial implementation, the vented mobility algorithm was utilized on 127 patients with an average total body surface area of 22.8%. No adverse events occurred. Stage 1 (Range of motion) was completed with 100% of patients (n=127). Chair mode of bed, stage 2a, was utilized in 39.4%(n=50) of patients, while 15.8% (n=20) of patients were dependently transferred to the cardiac chair in stage 2b. Stage 3 (sitting on the edge-of-bed) was completed with 25% (n=32) of patients, with 11% (n=14) progressing to stage 5 (standing), and 3.9% (n=5) actively transferring to a chair. In 5 years, only 4.7% (n=6) reached stage 6 (ambulation). The most common treatment limitations were medical complications (33%) and line placement (21%). Early mobilization during mechanical ventilation is safe and feasible within the burn population, despite challenges including airway stability, sedation, and line limitations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Alia E. Al-Ubadi

Association between Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) and burn injury was evaluated in 80 burned patients from Al-Kindy and Imam Ali hospitals in Baghdad-Iraq. Patients were divided into two groups, survivor group 56 (70%) and non-survivor group 24 (30%). PCT was estimated using (Human Procalcitonin ELISA kit) provided by RayBio/USA while CRP was performed using a latex agglutination kit from Chromatest (Spain). Our results declared that the mean of Total Body Surface Area (TBSA %) affected were 63.5% range (36%–95%) in non-survivor patients, while 26.5% range (10%–70%) in survivor patients. There is a significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.00), the higher mean percentage of TBSA has a significant association with mortality. Serum PCT and CRP were measured at the three times of sampling (within the first 48hr following admission, after 5thdays and after 10th days). The mean of PCT serum concentrations in non-survivor group (2638 ± 3013pg/ml) were higher than that of survivor group (588 ± 364pg/ml). Significantly high levels of CRP were found between the survivor and non-survivor groups especially in the 10th day of admission P=0.000, present study show that significant differences is found within the non-survivor group through the three times P= 0.01, while results were near to significant differences within survivor group through the three times (P= 0.05).


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S129-S129
Author(s):  
Todd A Walroth ◽  
Michelle E Brown ◽  
Katelyn Gordon ◽  
Moises Martinez ◽  
Cortni Grooms ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction Historically, BLT cream has been used at our burn center in laser procedures and tattoo removal with 6–8% lidocaine to improve tolerance of outpatient procedures. Recently, the laser BLT formulation (8%) has been trialed as an opioid-sparing alternative for managing pain during inpatient microneedling procedures. When utilizing this formulation for microneedling, the high percentage of lidocaine absorption may correlate with adverse central nervous system (CNS) effects. Methods A literature evaluation and retrospective chart review of burn patients receiving BLT cream for inpatient microneedling was performed. Results From January to June 2020, two elderly females (77 and 78 years old) received several doses of BLT cream during inpatient microneedling procedures with no documented adverse events attributed to the medication. A 68 year old male with a total body surface area (TBSA) of 8% reported dizziness shortly after he received BLT cream. Vitals were normal, but the patient was unable to focus his eyes or communicate clearly. Neurological exam revealed sluggish, pinpoint pupils. Patient remained disoriented with gargling and tongue thrusting though vitals remained stable. At this time, the remainder of the BLT cream was removed from the wound and his mentation returned to baseline within 90 minutes. No residual neurologic deficits occurred. No other potential causes were identified. Literature review revealed topical lidocaine can be absorbed systemically and cause CNS depression, confusion, and disorientation. Based on limited published data in healthy patients, it is recommended to use no more than 5% of topical lidocaine in large quantities, especially over raw surfaces or blistered areas. The amount of lidocaine systemically absorbed is linked to both the duration of application and the surface area over which it is applied. Using study data from lidocaine/prilocaine 2.5% cream and lidocaine patches, we explored a safer BLT formulation for burn patients as published data do not exist for this group. Conclusions Based on our review, we determined 2% to be the maximum lidocaine concentration to apply to a burn wound, 5% TBSA as the maximum surface area involved, and total exposure time limited to 30 minutes or less to reduce incidence of adverse effects. Specifically, formulations with a higher lidocaine concentration applied to a burn wound have the potential to result in untoward neurological deficits.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 3389-3391
Author(s):  
Imran Khan ◽  
Taimur Khan ◽  
Shakil Asif ◽  
Syed Azhar Ali Kazmi ◽  
Subhan Ullah ◽  
...  

Background and Aim: Burn injuries patients generally suffer from various psychological and mental disorders especially in lower socio-economic groups. It can adversely affect their wellbeing and health. Proper consultation and clinical diagnosis need to be carried out on burns injuries patients from the early critical phase to rehabilitation phase recovery. The current study's aim was to determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in burn patients in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 82 attempted burn suicides, adult patients in Khattak Medical Center Peshawar, Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and Divisional Headquarter hospital, Mirpur AJK for duration of six months from June 2020 to December 2020. All the patients admitted with suicides burns were of either gender and had ages above 15 years. The convenience technique was used for sampling. The patients’ demographic details such as psychiatric illness, self-immolation act motivation, burn injury depth, burn total body surface area, inhalation injury, hospitalization duration, and mortality was recorded on pre-designed proforma. Data analysis was carried out with SPSS version 20. Results: The mean age of all 82 patients was 28.9±5.2 with an age range of 14 to 55 years. Of the total, 66 (80.5%) were female while 16 (19.5%) were male. In this study, the most frequent suicidal attempt was made by the marital conflicted patients 50 (61%) followed by love affair failure 8 (9.7%). An overall mean of 53.6±19.6 was observed for total body surface area affected with a range of 15-100%. The hospital duration mean was 8.2±5.9 with a range of 1-38 days. Young, married, and rural area illiterate housewives were the most common self-inflicted/suicide burn injuries. The prime cause of such injuries was getting married. The mortality rate was found at 82.3%. Conclusion: Our study concluded that patient’s well-being and mental health could be severely affected by burn injuries. Prevalent depression was noted among severe burn injuries patients. Depression related to deformity could be prevented with early grafting, wound management, proper splinting, coping ability, intense physiotherapy, and long-term rehabilitation. Keywords: Burn; Depressed mood, Psychiatric morbidity, Posttraumatic stress disorder


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S132-S132
Author(s):  
Shana M Henry ◽  
Nicole M Kopari ◽  
Mary Wolfe

Abstract Introduction California’s Creek Fire is not only the largest single wildfire in a state known for huge and destructive blazes, it spawned two rare fire tornados with winds over 100mph, a day after the fire started in early September. Huntington Lake and Mammoth Pool were the sites of these rare events leading to hundreds of trapped campers. An air rescue operation airlifted hundreds of trapped people to safety. Twenty days after the start of the fire, it had burned >300,000 acres with only 36% containment by fire crews. This review is an evaluation of our hospitals response team and the events surrounding that night. Methods Our on-call surgeon had called in the back-up surgeon to run a second trauma operating room. It was at this time, the news had reported trapped campers near Mammoth Pool. The burn surgeon was notified and reported to the emergency department (ED) as word of 65 possible victims spread. Local disaster response planning was initiated with an ED physician triaging patients at the regional airport. Initial calls were made to the division chief and burn medical director. The nursing director was notified along with any available nursing staff with 8 ICU nurses volunteering to report. Immediately, lateral transfer orders were placed for all burn patients housed in the burn center which has 10 ICU bed capabilities. Results The first helicopter landed with 5 of the burn victims presenting to our hospital. 4 of the victims were male and 1 female with ages ranging from 17 to 27. Total body surface area burn was estimated on each with 2 minor burns < 10% and 3 moderate sized burns of roughly 25%. These patients were quickly triaged in the ED and traumatic injuries evaluated. 3 of the patients were placed in ICU level care with the 2 remaining patients housed in the ED as word trickled in about another rescue effort with an additional 95 people. By morning, an additional 2 patients were transferred to our burn center from the surrounding hospitals and another 2 patients evaluated for burns sustained in separate events. All patients were taken to the operating room over the next 24–48 hours for excision and autologous spray on skin cells (ASCS) in combination with widely meshed skin grafts or ASCS alone. Conclusions Communication, teamwork, and personnel that are dedicated to the care of burn patients made this tragic incident manageable. The Creek Fire hit home for many of the burn staff not only because of the patients that were cared for, but because this area of California was a beloved respite for many. A debriefing with a chaplain, grief counselor, and psychotherapist, was held within 2 weeks of the incident to provide support to the staff during this devastating time.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. S300-S300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin S Akers ◽  
Taylor Schlotman ◽  
Lee C Mangum ◽  
Gerardo Garcia ◽  
Amanda Wagner ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Infection is the leading cause of death among burn survivors, with sepsis associated with more extensive burns. Conventional diagnostic criteria are insensitive in this population. We examined a novel diagnostic ELISA based on Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL) linked to an immunoglobulin Fc domain, which measures the concentration of Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) across a broad range of bacterial and fungal organisms, for diagnosis and antimicrobial management of sepsis in burn patients. Methods We prospectively enrolled burn patients with ≥15% Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) burns into groups of noninfected, sepsis, or incipient infection, and healthy volunteers. Sepsis was defined by clinical actions responsive to sepsis. The FcMBL ELISA was performed daily using fresh whole blood. Burn subjects were sampled daily until completing antimicrobials, for 14 days if noninfected, and once for healthy controls. Differences in median PAMP concentrations between groups were assessed with the Kruskal–Wallis test, including multiple comparisons between categories. Results 14 burn patients (3 noninfected, of whom 1 died prior to sampling, 4 Sepsis, 7 Incipient) were enrolled. The median (25–75% CI) PAMP concentration was 0.53 (0.12–1.34) ng/mL in healthy controls, 3.725 (2.53–5.94) ng/mL in noninfected, 2.22 (1.42–4.62) ng/mL in incipient, and 1.59 (0.83–2.29) ng/mL in sepsis groups. PAMP concentrations in sepsis were different (P = 0.0057) from noninfected, but incipient did not differ from noninfected (P = 0.2025). The dynamic range was lower in healthy controls (2.69 ng/mL) than incipient (4.57 ng/mL), sepsis (4.70 ng/mL), or noninfected (5.90 ng/mL). PAMP elevations correlated with clinical deterioration from infection, and were not associated with OR visits for debridement and grafting. 7 of 11 infected patients had declining PAMP levels at completion of antimicrobial therapy. 2 subjects had PAMP elevations associated with Aspergillus molds in their burn wounds. Conclusion The FcMBL ELISA assay may be useful for diagnosis of infection in burn patients, and may facilitate earlier discontinuation of antimicrobials. This assay may also have a novel utility for early diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infection. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-966
Author(s):  
Michael Wright ◽  
Jin A Lee

Abstract Analgesia in burn patients is challenging given the complexity of burn pain and prolonged need beyond hospital admission. Given the risks of opioids, the impact of multimodal analgesia postdischarge needs to be further elucidated in this population. This retrospective, single-center cohort study evaluated adult burn patients who were consecutively admitted to the burn service with at least 10% total body surface area burned and subsequently followed in the burn clinic between February 2015 and September 2018. Subjects were separated into two cohorts based on discharge pain regimens: multimodal and nonmultimodal. The primary outcome was the change in opioid requirements (measured in oral morphine equivalents) between discharge and first follow-up interval. Secondary outcomes included the classes of multimodal agents utilized and a comparison of opioid requirements between the last 24 hours of admission and discharge. A total of 152 patients were included for analysis, 76 in the multimodal cohort and 76 in the nonmultimodal cohort. The multimodal cohort was noted to have increased total body surface area burned and prolonged number of days spent in the intensive care unit at baseline; however, the multimodal cohort exhibited a more significant decrease in opioid requirements from discharge to first follow-up interval when compared with the nonmultimodal cohort (106.6 vs 75.4 mg, P = .039).


2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (02) ◽  
pp. 176-181
Author(s):  
P. S. Baghel ◽  
S. Shukla ◽  
R. K. Mathur ◽  
R. Randa

ABSTRACTTo compare the effect of honey dressing and silver-sulfadiazene (SSD) dressing on wound healing in burn patients. Patients (n=78) of both sexes, with age group between 10 and 50 years and with first and second degree of burn of less than 50% of TBSA (Total body surface area) were included in the study, over a period of 2 years (2006-08). After stabilization, patients were randomly attributed into two groups: ‘honey group’ and ‘SSD group’. Time elapsed since burn was recorded. After washing with normal saline, undiluted pure honey was applied over the wounds of patients in the honey group (n=37) and SSD cream over the wounds of patients in SSD group (n=41), everyday. Wound was dressed with sterile gauze, cotton pads and bandaged. Status of the wound was assessed every third and seventh day and on the day of completion of study. Patients were followed up every fortnight till epithelialization. The bacteriological examination of the wound was done every seventh day. The mean age for case (honey group) and control (SSD group) was 34.5 years and 28.5 years, respectively. Wound swab culture was positive in 29 out of 36 patients who came within 8 hours of burn and in all patients who came after 24 hours. The average duration of healing in patients treated with honey and SSD dressing at any time of admission was 18.16 and 32.68 days, respectively. Wound of all those patients (100%) who reported within 1 hour became sterile with honey dressing in less than 7 days while none with SSD. All of the wounds became sterile in less than 21 days with honey, while tthis was so in only 36.5% with SSD treated wounds. The honey group included 33 patients reported within 24 hour of injury, and 26 out of them had complete outcome at 2 months of follow-up, while numbers for the SSD group were 32 and 12. Complete outcome for any admission point of time after 2 months was noted in 81% and 37% of patients in the honey group and the SSD group. Honey dressing improves wound healing, makes the wound sterile in lesser time, has a better outcome in terms of prevention of hypertrophic scarring and post-burn contractures, and decreases the need of debridement irrespective of time of admission, when compared to SSD dressing.


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