The 3rd Educational Course of the European Burns Association (EBA).

Abstracts of the plenary sessions, workshops, and poster presentations of the 3rd EBA Educational Course in Porto, Portugal, 17-18 October 2024.

Indications for the use of dermal substitutes in patients with acute burns and in reconstructive surgery after burns: A systematic review.

Deep dermal and full-thickness burns often result in scar sequelae such as contractures, hypertrophy, pain and itching following split-thickness skin grafting. Dermal substitutes are currently employed alongside split-thickness skin grafting to enhance clinical outcomes, though their indications remain a subject of ongoing debate. This systematic review aims to clarify the indications for the application of dermal substitutes in burn patients, in both acute and reconstructive settings.

[Burns].

In the Netherlands, an average of 92,000 patients with burn injuries are seen annually by a general practitioners. A burn injury is defined as skin damage caused by heat, radiation, electricity, and/or chemical agents. It is crucial to make an accurate assessment of the severity of the burn.

The Early Childhood Development of Pediatric Burn Patients.

Our study aimed to provide a description of the early childhood development of pediatric burn patients relative to Dutch reference values, using both pre- and post-burn data from the Dutch Development Instrument and the -score. Data from the Dutch Development Instrument were used to calculate the -score and age-standardized -score. Similar to a growth chart, the -score was used to plot pediatric burn patients' development relative to Dutch reference values for their age.