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ReviewBurns & trauma2019

Understanding acute burn injury as a chronic disease.

Lucy W Barrett, Vanessa S Fear, Jason C Waithman, Fiona M Wood, Mark W Fear

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Burns & trauma, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 69 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04517721 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effects of a Nurse-led Transitional Burns Rehabilitation Programme (4Cs-TBuRP) for Adult Burn Survivors at the Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou: A Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityRan2020 to 2022Enrolled74ConditionsBurns MultipleArmsNurse-Led Transitional Burns Rehabilitation Programme (4Cs-TBuRP)
NCT06263296 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Impact on Quality of Life in Individual with Burn Injury: Utilizing Smartphone Assisted Self-management Education At Aftercare

TypeinterventionalSponsorQueen Mary Hospital, Hong KongRan2024 to 2025Enrolled50ConditionsBurns, Self Efficacy, Burn Second Degree, Burns Third DegreeArmsSelf Management Education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pain Experiences in Adult Burn Survivors During Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2025
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  17. Sleep disorder increases risk of psychiatric disorder in burn survivors.Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries · 2025
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  18. Therapeutic Potential of Modulating Gene-MicroRNA Crosstalk in Burn Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  19. A Comprehensive Tool to Support Family Physicians and Burn Survivors in the Provision of Long-term Burn Survivor Care.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2025
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9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lucy W BarrettTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Northern Entrance, Perth Children's Hospital, 15 Hospital Ave, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9733-9841
Vanessa S FearTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Northern Entrance, Perth Children's Hospital, 15 Hospital Ave, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia.
Jason C WaithmanTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Northern Entrance, Perth Children's Hospital, 15 Hospital Ave, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia.
Fiona M Wood3Fiona Wood Foundation, Fiona Stanley Hospital, MNH (B) Main Hospital, CD 15, Level 4, Burns Unit, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, WA 6150 Australia.
Mark W Fear3Fiona Wood Foundation, Fiona Stanley Hospital, MNH (B) Main Hospital, CD 15, Level 4, Burns Unit, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, WA 6150 Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While treatment for burn injury has improved significantly over the past few decades, reducing mortality and improving patient outcomes, recent evidence has revealed that burn injury is associated with a number of secondary pathologies, many of which arise long after the initial injury has healed. Population studies have linked burn injury with increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, nervous system disorders, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, gastrointestinal disease, infections, anxiety and depression. The wide range of secondary pathologies indicates that burn can cause sustained disruption of homeostasis, presenting new challenges for post-burn care. Understanding burn injury as a chronic disease will improve patient care, providing evidence for better long-term support and monitoring of patients. Through focused research into the mechanisms underpinning long-term dysfunction, a better understanding of burn injury pathology may help with the development of preventative treatments to improve long-term health outcomes. The review will outline evidence of long-term health effects, possible mechanisms linking burn injury to long-term health and current research into burns as a chronic disease.

Indexed as

BurnsChronic diseaseEndocrine systemHomeostasisImmune systemPatient care

Identifiers

PMID31534977
PMCPMC6745803

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