American Burn Association Guidelines on the Management of Acute Pain in the Adult Burn Patient: A Review of the Literature, a Compilation of Expert Opinion, and Next Steps.

The ABA pain guidelines were developed 14 years ago and have not been revised despite evolution in the practice of burn care. A sub-committee of the American Burn Association's Committee on the Organization and Delivery of Burn Care was created to revise the adult pain guidelines. A MEDLINE search of English-language publications from 1968 to 2018 was conducted using the keywords "burn pain," "treatment," and "assessment.

An Examination of Follow-up Services Received by Vulnerable Burn Populations: A Burn Model System National Database Study.

While disparities in healthcare outcomes and services for vulnerable populations have been documented, the extent to which vulnerable burn populations demonstrate disparities in long-term care is relatively underexplored. This study's goal was to assess for differences in long-term occupational or physical therapy (OT/PT) and psychological service use after burn injury in vulnerable populations. Data from the Burn Model System National Database (2006-2015) were analyzed.

Timing of Laparotomy and Closure in Burn Patients with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Effects on Survival.

Background: Survival of burn patients with abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is uniformly reported to be poor, averaging just 16% after laparotomy. We hypothesize that better outcomes can be achieved with a strategy of immediate laparotomy and early fascial closure.

Study Design: Patients with burn injury who were diagnosed with ACS between 2005 and 2016 were identified through a search of databases.

Temporal and spatial rearrangements of a repetitive element array on C57BL/6J mouse genome.

Repetitive elements (REs) make up the vast majority of the mammalian genomes. We identified species-specific genomic libraries of RE arrays. The non-random configurations of RE arrays suggest their functions.

Large interrelated clusters of repetitive elements (REs) and RE arrays predominantly represent reference mouse chromosome Y.

The vast majority of the mouse and human genomes consist of repetitive elements (REs), while protein-coding sequences occupy only ~3 %. It has been reported that the Y chromosomes of both species are highly populated with REs although at present, their complete sequences are not available in any public database. The recent update of the mouse genome database (Build 38.

Identification of a group of Mus dunni endogenous virus-like endogenous retroviruses from the C57BL/6J mouse genome: proviral genomes, strain distribution, expression characteristics, and genomic integration profile.

About 10 % of the mouse genome is occupied by sequences associated with endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). However, a comprehensive profile of the mouse ERVs and related elements has not been established yet. In this study, we identified a group of ERVs from the mouse genome and characterized their biological properties.

Cloning and characterization of endogenous retroviruses associated with postinjury stress signals in lymphoid tissues.

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) constitute a significant fraction of the mouse and human genomes, approximately 10% and approximately 8%, respectively, and they are transmitted to offsprings in a Mendelian fashion. Recent reports implicated that certain ERVs participate in a range of disease processes. In this study, we examined injury-elicited changes in murine ERV (MuERV) expression in lymphoid tissues and characterized biological properties of the putative MuERVs isolates.

American Burn Association consensus conference to define sepsis and infection in burns.

Because of their extensive wounds, burn patients are chronically exposed to inflammatory mediators. Thus, burn patients, by definition, already have "systemic inflammatory response syndrome." Current definitions for sepsis and infection have many criteria (fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, leukocytosis) that are routinely found in patients with extensive burns, making these current definitions less applicable to the burn population.