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This study looked at differences in long-term employment outcomes for burn survivors who received post-acute care. Post-acute care (PAC) settings are facilities that provide rehabilitation or palliative services after a stay in an acute care hospital. For example, PACs include skilled nursing facilities, long-term care hospitals, ...
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This study reviews the development of a framework describing the key elements for evaluating preschool-aged children’s (ages 1- 5) recovery from burn injury using a parent-reported health outcomes assessment.
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This study found three health outcome domains that are most impacted by preschool-aged ...
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Each year, close to 45,000 people are admitted to the hospital for burn treatment. Advances in burn care over the past 40 years have led to better survival rates. Yet patients face challenges as they leave the hospital and reintegrate into society. Patients who receive inpatient ...
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This study explored the characteristics and outcomes for burn patients admitted to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF). The goal of this study was to determine whether re-admitted patients had outcomes different from those who required only one stay.
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The researchers reported that no significant ...
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This study attempted to answer three questions: 1. How many people admitted to a rehabilitation hospital for management of burn injury had difficulties with memory, attention, and/or problem solving (cognitivecommunication skills); 2. What medical and social factors might result in continued difficulty with memory, attention, or ...
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Researchers were interested in the effectiveness of an intervention that increased the rate of return to work among burn survivors. The study looked at a group of interventions that sought to return employees who had been injured on the job back to work within 90 days ...
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This study aimed at investigating and reporting peri-operative effects of propranolol administration in adults with severe burn injury. Propranolol has been shown to increase vascular resistance diminishing peripheral blood flow following burn injury. Previous studies have reported that administration of propranolol has increased body composition, resting ...
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Researchers examined how inhalation injury, in addition to burn injury, affects the metabolic rate of severely burned children. Metabolic rate measures how quickly the body uses energy. As the rate goes up, the body uses more protein for energy. This leads to muscle loss. When coupled ...
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This study aims to describe the frequency of scar-related morbidity over time as well as the long-term impact of burn scars on patient-reported functional, psychosocial, and reintegration outcome measures.
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Nearly all patients involved in this study had scarring, and reported additional symptoms and ...
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Survivors of burn injuries face a series of complex issues and require coordinated outpatient care. This study analyzed the impact of supplementing outpatient services with an Expanded Care Coordinator (ECC) on reducing barriers to effective burn rehabilitation. Patients were randomized to receive either the standard outpatient ...
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People who have sustained burn injuries are reported to have high levels of blood sugar. This study aimed to determine if insulin treatment has a measurable effect in treating severely burned children. The study looked at blood sugar levels, body composition,resting energy expenditure (REE), muscle strength, ...
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One of the deadliest fires in American history occurred at The Station nightclub in 2003. Researchers surveyed survivors of this event in order to study the impact of the emotional trauma on psychological outcomes. The main goal was to gain further insight to the effect of ...
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Establishing common data elements (CDEs) is important for promoting, sharing, and standardizing data collection. Data elements refer to the words, questions, or concepts that are used in research studies to describe the data being gathered. The adoption of CDEs in research is important as it helps ...