A Single Institution's Surgical Care Model for Pediatric Burns With ≤10% Body Surface Area Involvement.

Small burn injuries are extremely prevalent in the pediatric population and continue to pose a challenge for clinicians. Despite their high incidence, a standardized algorithm for treating small burns does not currently exist, and care is often guided by clinical judgement and resource availability. The aim of this study was to explore the utility of a two-stage grafting technique, involving allograft and autograft, for treating small burns (≤10% total body surface area) in pediatric patients.

Assessing Pediatric Burn Wound Infection Using a Point-of-Care Fluorescence Imaging Device.

Wound infection is the most common complication among pediatric burn patients. When not treated promptly, burn wound infection may lead to delayed healing, failure of skin grafts, or death. Standard burn wound assessment includes inspection for visual signs and symptoms of infection (VSSI) and microbial sampling.

Timing of nanocrystalline silver-based dressing application: a retrospective single-center pediatric cohort study.

Recent evidence has demonstrated that silver has anti-inflammatory properties that are independent of the known antimicrobial ones. In our current model of care, nonadherent, nonsilver dressings are applied for acute presentations of pediatric partial-thickness burn injuries. The wounds are re-assessed after the progression phase (48-72 hours after injury), and silver dressings are applied.

Routinely collected burn clinical data in Canada: Determining the knowledge gap.

Unlike other developed countries that hold national burn registries to monitor burn injury and care, Canada relies on single-centre secondary datasets and administrative databases as surveillance mechanisms. The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge gap faced in Canada for not having a dedicated burn registry. A comprehensive scoping review was conducted to identify the burn literature that has arisen from secondary datasets in Canada.

Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on the provision of pediatric burn care.

The COVID-19 pandemic had widespread effects on the healthcare system due to public health regulations and restrictions. The following study shares trends observed during these extraordinary circumstances to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of pediatric burn care at an American-Burn-Association verified tertiary pediatric hospital in Ontario, Canada. Pediatric burn patient data for new burn patients between March 17 2019, and March 17 2021, was retrospectively extracted and two cohorts of patients were formed: pre-pandemic and pandemic, through which statistical analysis was performed.