Top 10 research priorities for congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Australia: James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership.

Objectives: The Gaps in the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Journey Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) was developed in collaboration with CDH Australia, James Lind Alliance (JLA) and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute to identify research priorities for people with CDH, their families and healthcare workers in Australasia.

Design: Research PSP in accordance with the JLA standardised methodology.

Setting: Australian community and institutions caring for patients with CDH and their families.

Laryngotracheal stenosis post mechanical ventilation in paediatric burns patients.

Introduction: The duration of endotracheal intubation is thought to be the most important factor in the development of acquired laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS); however, there is a paucity of studies examining the incidence of LTS in the paediatric burn population. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of LTS in paediatric burns patients requiring mechanical ventilation to develop guidelines for consideration of a tracheostomy.

Methods: A retrospective review of all children treated at The Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW) Burns Unit (BU) from December 2009 to December 2019 who required intubation for their burn injury.

Sunburn Injuries Admitted to Burn Services in Australia and New Zealand.

This cohort study uses data from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand to describe patients with sunburns severe enough to warrant admission to specialist burn services across Australia and New Zealand.

Holiday hazards: burns in children during school holidays.

Background: Paediatric burns are preventable injuries that can have a permanent impact on a child's health and wellbeing. The Burns Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead appeared to experience an increase in paediatric burn injury referrals during the school holidays. The evaluation of the characteristics of burn injuries in the school holidays compared to the school term may improve the effectiveness of burn prevention programmes.

Too Hot to Handle? Full-Thickness Burn Injury in a Child Caused by Cyanoacrylate Glue and Cotton-A Case Report and Experimental Study.

Domestic superglue (cyanoacrylate) in the hands of children can have devastating consequences, especially when cotton clothing is involved. When cotton comes into contact with cyanoacrylate, an intense exothermic reaction occurs, creating temperatures high enough to cause significant thermal injury. A literature review found 16 such cases of burns documented (2 adult and 14 pediatric).

Acticoat versus biobrane: a retrospective review on the treatment of paediatric mid-dermal torso burns.

Objectives: Scalds involving toddlers commonly involve the torso and are frequently mid-dermal in depth. Initial management of a mid-dermal burn is conservative, progressing to grafting if healing has not been achieved in 10-14 days. Historically Biobrane (UDL Laboratories, Inc.

A novel device to create consistent deep dermal burns in a porcine model.

We conducted this study to evaluate a novel device to create a consistent and reproducible deep partial thickness burn in a porcine model. A thermostatically controlled, heated aluminium disc device was fashioned by the Biomedical Department of our institution. Contact burns were made on the flank of two Great White pigs by applying the device heated to 92°C at intervals of 5, 10, 15 and 20 seconds to four separate test areas area of skin.