Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review.

The financial burden of burn injuries has a considerable impact on patients and healthcare systems. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have demonstrated their utility in the improvement of clinical practice and healthcare systems. Because referral centres for burn injuries cover large geographic areas, many specialists must find new strategies, including telehealth tools for patient evaluation, teleconsultation, and remote monitoring.

Bromelain-based enzymatic burn debridement: Spanish multidisciplinary consensus.

Background: Bromelain-based enzymatic debridement is gaining increased interest from burn specialists in the last few years. The objective of this manuscript is to update the previous, first Spanish consensus document from 2017 (Martínez-Méndez et al. 43:193-202, 2017), on the use of enzymatic debridement with NexoBrid in burn injuries, adding the clinical experience of a larger panel of experts, integrating plastic surgeons, intensivists, and anesthesiologists.

Role Of Intravenous Iron Over Nonsurgical Transfusions In Major Burns.

Anemia is a frequent condition in burn patients due to a mixture of blood loss and chronic inflammation. Transfusions increase the probability of serious infections and reduce overall survival, especially when unrelated to perioperative blood loss. Once the surgical phase in burn patients is completed, the role of parenteral iron administration in the reduction of subsequent transfusions is not well established.

Diagnostic accuracy of a telemedicine tool for acute burns diagnosis.

Background: Telemedicine technologies have a valuable potential when it comes to improving the accuracy of triage protocols in selecting severely injured patients who may benefit from transportation. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation of the urgent diagnosis made by telemedicine through an App with traditional face-to-face urgent care and the final diagnosis, made by scheduled consultation.

Methods: We carried out a descriptive cross-sectional study to evaluate the accuracy of telemedicine in burns evaluation compared to gold standard (in-person consultation).