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ArticleScientific reports2020

Early visualization of skin burn severity using a topically applied dye-loaded liquid bandage.

John Quan Nguyen, Haley L Marks, Tyler Everett, Timothy Haire, Anders Carlsson, Rodney Chan, Conor L Evans

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John Quan NguyenWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA.
Haley L MarksWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA.
Tyler EverettUnited States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, 78234, USA.
Timothy HaireUnited States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, 78234, USA.
Anders CarlssonUnited States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, 78234, USA.
Rodney ChanUnited States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, 78234, USA.
Conor L EvansWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA. Evans.Conor@mgh.harvard.edu.
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR002541 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2018 to 2022
$93.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin burns are a significant source of injury in both military and civilian sectors. They are especially problematic in low resource environments where non-fatal injuries can lead to high morbidity rates, prolonged hospitalization, and disability. These multifaceted wounds can be highly complex and must be quickly diagnosed and treated to achieve optimal outcomes. When the appropriate resources are available, the current gold standard for assessing skin burns is through tissue punch biopsies followed by histological analysis. Apart from being invasive, costly, and time-consuming, this method can suffer from heterogeneous sampling errors when interrogating large burn areas. Here we present a practical method for the early visualization of skin burn severity using a topically applied fluorescein-loaded liquid bandage and an unmodified commercial digital camera. Quantitative linear mixed effects models of color images from a four day porcine burn study demonstrate that colorimetric changes within the HSB colorspace can be used to estimate burn depth severity immediately after burning. The finding was verified using fluorescence imaging, tissue cross-sectioning, and histopathology. This low-cost, rapid, and non-invasive color analysis approach demonstrates the potential of dye-loaded liquid bandages as a method for skin burn assessment in settings such as emergency medicine triage and low resource environments.

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BandagesAnimalsBurnsColorColorimetryFemaleFluoresceinFluorescent DyesOptical ImagingSeverity of Illness IndexSkinSwineFluoresceinFluorescent Dyes

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PMID32518260
PMCPMC7283312
OpenAlexW3033430351

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