Publications by authors named "Hester C Kuipers"
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- Pruritus is a fancy word for itching, and it's common after someone gets burned.
- The study looked at how bad the itching was for patients with different types of burns (grafted and non-grafted) over 18 months.
- Results showed that while both groups had similar itching in the hospital, grafted patients had worse itching than non-grafted patients after 3 months, but this difference disappeared after a year.
Background: Early accurate assessment of burn depth is important to determine the optimal treatment of burns. The method most used to determine burn depth is clinical assessment, which is the least expensive, but not the most accurate.Laser Doppler imaging (LDI) is a technique with which a more accurate (>95%) estimate of burn depth can be made by measuring the dermal perfusion.
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