Cardiovascular Mortality Post Burn Injury

Cardiovascular Mortality Post Burn Injury

Survivors from burn injury, especially young males, are at increased long-term risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Increased screening and counseling pertaining to lifestyle factors should be standard management post-burn... read more

Mobilization Practices for Patients with Burn Injury in Critical Care

Mobilization Practices for Patients with Burn Injury in Critical Care

Mobilization therapy of patients with burns in the ICU was characterized by a low mobility level during mechanical ventilation with a low functional status at hospital discharge. Of the 74 patients admitted, 66% were placed... read more

What Happens After a Positive Screen for Depression and PTSD in the Outpatient Burn Clinic?

Multiple reports have demonstrated a wide prevalence of both depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within 1 year of burn injury. The purpose of this study is to determine outcomes of burn patients after a positive... read more

Pediatric Patient and Family Perspective on Pediatric ICU Experience & Survivorship

Pediatric Patient and Family Perspective on Pediatric ICU Experience & Survivorship

In this video a 7-year old who spent 662 days in the PICU after a severe burn injury requiring ECMO sits down with her parents to detail their journey with critical illness and recovery during the 6th Annual Johns Hopkins... read more

How The Burn Trauma ICU Eliminated Central Line Infections

How The Burn Trauma ICU Eliminated Central Line Infections

Is zero possible? In the case of central line infections, the answer was once no. A CLABSI (central line associated blood stream infection) was once considered a car crash, or an expected inevitability of care. When University... read more

Effect of Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in major burn patients

Effect of Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in major burn patients

The inclusion of ω-3 PUFAs in a low fat diet in ICU burned patients was associated with significant clinical benefits compared to a conventional low fat diet, with lower rates of severe sepsis, septic shock and pyloric dysfunction.... read more