{"title":"Esketamine use for primary intelligent analgesia in adults with severe burns: A double-blind randomized trial with effects on analgesic efficacy, gastrointestinal function and mental state","authors":"Qiulan He, Qi Liu, Bing Liang, Xu Zhao, Wenqi Huang, Shaowei Gao, Caiyun Chen, Fei Zhou, Zhongxing Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"Opioid consumption for analgesia in burn patients is enormous. Non-opioid analgesics for burn pain management may result in opioid sparing, reducing opioid-related adverse reactions and drug tolerance or addiction. A dual-center, randomized controlled trial assessed Esketamine for perioperative period in patients with severe [20–50 % total body surface area (TBSA)] and extensive ( 50 % TBSA) burns comparing analgesia with standard anesthesia. Sixty patients were randomly allocated (1:1 ratio) to two arms. In the Treatment Arm, patients received intra-operative Esketamine and postoperative intravenous primary intelligent analgesia pump with Esketamine. Patients in the Control Arm received the same intervention as Treatment Arm without Esketamine. The primary endpoint was subjective analgesic efficacy (SAE) evaluated on Day 28 or the day before hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes included the postoperative Numeric Pain Rating (NPR) Scale at rest (NPRr) and during movement (NPRm) and opium consumption. Gastrointestinal dysfunction Scores (GIDS) and serum markers of intestinal injury [intestinal fatty acid-binding protein 2 (iFabp2) and apolipoproteinA2 (ApoA2)] were measured in the 1st and 4th post-injury weeks. Depression and sleep quality were assessed by relevant questionnaires. Fifty-five patients were included in the analysis. Esketamine-treated Arm recorded a better analgesic efficacy than the Control Arm (proportion of patients with Grade 1 or 2 SAE scores, 67.9 % vs. 40.7 %, 0.022). Esketamine-treated patients had lower NPRm values ( 0.033) and lower daily opioid consumption ( 0.033) when compared with Controls. Esketamine-treated patients showed comparable gastrointestinal recovery to those in the Control Arm. The overall sleep quality might be improved in the Treatment Arm. Esketamine use is safe for perioperative primary intelligent analgesia of severe burns, resulting in improved resting pain control and lower opioid requirements. The trial was registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry () (ChiCTR2000034069).","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141532637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BurnsPub Date : 2024-06-21DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.008
Li Chen, Ying Xu
{"title":"Methodological concerns about the prediction model of mortality risk for patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections in the intensive care unit","authors":"Li Chen, Ying Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"50 8","pages":"Pages 2135-2136"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BurnsPub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.006
{"title":"Psychological needs of children of mothers who attempt suicide by self-immolation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"50 8","pages":"Pages 2131-2132"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141502640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BurnsPub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.001
{"title":"Letter to the Editor regarding “Predictors of mortality following electrical and lightning injuries in Malawi: A decade of experience”","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"50 8","pages":"Pages 2127-2128"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141502641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BurnsPub Date : 2024-06-17DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.003
{"title":"The association between body mass index and physical function in adult burn survivors: A Burn Model System National Database study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div><span><span>An area of rehabilitation research in burns is the impact of co-morbidities on disease trajectory. Obesity is a comorbidity of increasing public health concern, but its role remains controversial regarding burn </span>injury and physical recovery. Our aim was to evaluate the association between </span>body mass index (BMI) categories as a measure of obesity at discharge and self-reported physical function (PF) during recovery of adult burn survivors.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This is a retrospective study on data collected by four major US burn centers, which contribute to the Burn Model System National Database. The data included BMI obtained at hospital discharge and self-reported PF-mobility, using the PROMIS measures assessed at 6, 12, and 24 months after burn. Subjects were classified into weight status categories based on BMI: underweight (BMI <18.5), normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI <25), overweight (25 ≤ BMI <30), obesity class 1 (30 ≤ BMI <35), obesity class 2 (35 ≤ BMI <40), and obesity class 3 (BMI ≥40). Mixed-effects linear regression models were used to assess the association between BMI categories and PF scores over time, adjusted for patient and injury characteristics.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 496 adult burn patients aged 47 ± 16 years were included, with mean total body surface area (TBSA) burned of 18 ± 19 % and mean BMI at discharge of 28 ± 7 kg/m2. PROMIS PF scores significantly improved over time in the recovery phase after burn (time effect, p < 0.001). Compared to overweight burn patients, normal-underweights exhibited lower PF score by an average of 4.06 units (p = 0.001) but scores increased linearly by an estimated 0.17 units per month (p = 0.01) over the 24 months after discharge. Similarly, compared to overweight burn patients, class 1 obese reported lower PF score by a mean 2.67 units (p = 0.07) but PF increased linearly by 0.15 units per month (p = 0.07) over the 24 months after discharge. These findings were independent of the effects of age at discharge, sex, TBSA burned, and hand and leg burn.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Being overweight was associated with improved and faster recovery of PF scores compared to normal, underweight, and obese burn patients during long-term recovery. Hence, our data suggests that long-term recovery and restoration of PF in adult burn survivors is not compromised by a small excess in body weight.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"50 8","pages":"Pages 2077-2083"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141452114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BurnsPub Date : 2024-06-13DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.002
{"title":"The inclusion criteria and minimum dataset for burn-injured patients at the National Trauma Registry of Iran","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"50 8","pages":"Pages 2129-2130"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141390130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BurnsPub Date : 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.05.023
{"title":"A phase 3b, open-label, single-arm, multicenter, expanded-access study of the safety and clinical outcomes of StrataGraft® treatment in adults with deep partial-thickness thermal burns","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.05.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.05.023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>A phase 3b, open-label, multicenter, expanded-access study (NCT04123548) evaluated safety and clinical outcomes of StrataGraft treatment in adults with deep partial-thickness thermal burns with intact dermal elements.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Adult patients with 3 % to < 50 % total body surface area burns were treated with a single application of ≤ 1:1 meshed StrataGraft and followed for 24 weeks. Primary endpoint was count and percentage of patients with treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs). Secondary endpoints included confirmed wound closure (WC) at Week 12, durable WC at Week 24, time to WC, scar evaluation, and wound infection-related events.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Fifty-two patients with 96 treatment sites were enrolled. Pruritus was the most common TEAE (22 patients [42.3 %]). Twenty serious TEAEs occurred in 10 patients (19.2 %); none were related to StrataGraft. There were 4 (7.7 %) deaths (aspiration, myocardial infarction, self-injury, Gram-negative rod sepsis); none were related to StrataGraft. Confirmed WC was achieved by Week 12 in 33 patients (63.5 %; 95 % CI: 50.4–76.5 %) and 69 treatment sites (71.9 %; 95 % CI: 62.9–80.9 %). Durable WC was achieved by Week 24 in 29 patients (55.8 %; 95 % CI: 42.3–69.3 %) and 58 treatment sites (60.4 %; 95 % CI: 50.6–70.2 %).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>StrataGraft demonstrated clinical benefit. Safety data were consistent with previously reported findings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"50 8","pages":"Pages 2013-2022"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141390707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BurnsPub Date : 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.05.020
{"title":"Artiss fibrin sealant for the fixation of autografts in pediatric burn care","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.05.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.burns.2024.05.020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p><span><span>Traditional fixation of autografts in the treatment of burns involves the use of sutures and staples. A novel </span>fibrin sealant<span>, Artiss, has been introduced as an alternate method of fixation and has shown promising safety and efficacy results in the adult population. Our study assessed the effectiveness of fibrin sealant to secure autologous split thickness skin grafts (ASTSG) in the </span></span>pediatric burn population.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We performed a retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients under 18 years of age who received autografting for the treatment of burns at our institution between 2017 and 2023. We compared ASTSG secured with fibrin sealant to those managed traditionally with sutures or staples. Outcomes of interest include the need for return trips to the operating room (OR), time to wound healing, graft take, and total time in the operating room.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>83 patients underwent a total of 142 individual ASTSGs for management of unique body area injuries. 66.3 % were male, median age was 79 months, and scald was the most common mechanism of injury (41.0 %). Forty-five (39.5 %) traditionally affixed ASTSG required at least one return to the OR while only one (3.6 %) ASTSG secured with fibrin sealant required an additional return to the OR (p < 0.001). Graft take was similar in both groups (92.9 % for fibrin sealant vs. 93.9 % for traditional methods, p = 1). Time to wound healing was also similar: 16 vs. 15 days for fibrin glue and traditional methods, respectively (p = 0.23).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Outcomes from autograft fixation with fibrin sealant were comparable to those treated with traditional methods, with a reduction in the need for return trips to the operating room. These data suggest that fibrin sealant is a suitable alternative to traditional fixation methods in pediatric autografting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50717,"journal":{"name":"Burns","volume":"50 7","pages":"Pages 1848-1852"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141410966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}