Cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis: A 10 year experience of outcome monitoring in a regional burn centre.

Introduction: Outcome monitoring can identify fluctuations in healthcare. Cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis can detect when mortality deviates from expected, allowing early intervention through targeted audit. We present a 10-year experience of the prospective use of CUSUM methodology in a regional burn centre.

Establishment of a core outcome set for burn care research: development and international consensus.

Objective: To develop a core outcome set for international burn research.

Design: Development and international consensus, from April 2017 to November 2019.

Methods: Candidate outcomes were identified from systematic reviews and stakeholder interviews.

Early tracheostomy and active exercise programmes in adult intensive care patients with severe burns.

Background: Tracheostomy is a strategy often employed in patients requiring prolonged intubation in ICU settings. Evidence suggests that earlier tracheostomy and early active exercise are associated with better patient centered outcomes. Severe burn patients often require prolonged ventilatory support due to their critical condition, complex sedation management and multiple operating room visits.

The predictive validity of the Functional Assessment for Burns - Critical Care (FAB-CC) score for discharge outcomes in major burns.

Introduction: Physical function scoring of burn ICU patients is recommended but currently validated scores are lacking.

Objective: To evaluate the predictive validity of the FAB -CC for burn ICU patients' discharge outcome.

Methods: All patients underwent daily exercise and FAB -CC screen if they were stable.

Investigating the interrater reliability of a novel functional outcome measure for use in the burns intensive care unit: The Functional Assessment for Burns - Critical Care (FAB-CC).

Introduction: Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness challenges the clinical care of critically ill patients. Despite a surge in validated ICU functional outcome measures following the publication of Clinical Guideline 83 'Rehabilitation After Critical Illness' by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2009), there are none composed specifically for use in the Burns ICU. We therefore developed and tested the inter-rater reliability of a burn specific novel functional outcome measure; The Functional Assessment for Burns-Critical Care (FAB-CC).