What's new in general surgery: burns and metabolism.

This review will focus on notable clinical and scientific contributions in the areas of burns and metabolism over the past 12 months and will attempt to place them in perspective for surgeons in practice. In preparation, a Medline search was conducted among English-language publications for the subject heading “burns,” covering the period from October 1, 2001 to October 15, 2002. More than 500 citations were identified, 15 of which were randomized, controlled clinical trials. Several additional articles that appear clearly relevant to clinical burn treatment are also discussed.

[1]  D. Chinkes,et al.  Alteration of hepatic fatty acid metabolism after burn injury in pigs. , 2001, JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.

[2]  R. Wolfe,et al.  Propranolol Decreases Splanchnic Triacylglycerol Storage in Burn Patients Receiving a High-Carbohydrate Diet , 2002, Annals of surgery.

[3]  D. Heimbach,et al.  Inpatient depression in persons with burns. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[4]  D. White,et al.  IRAK contributes to burn-triggered myocardial contractile dysfunction. , 2002, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology.

[5]  D. Heimbach.  What's new in general surgery: burns and metabolism. , 2002, Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

[6]  D. Dries.  More than smoke with fire. , 2002, Critical Care Medicine.

[7]  P. Esselman,et al.  Dexter: a tool to facilitate impairment ratings. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[8]  K. Iida,et al.  Effect of smoke inhalation injury on fluid requirement in burn resuscitation. , 2002, Hiroshima journal of medical sciences.

[9]  D. Maass,et al.  The Time Course of Cardiac NF-&kgr;B Activation and TNF-&agr; Secretion by Cardiac Myocytes After Burn Injury: Contribution to Burn-Related Cardiac Contractile Dysfunction , 2002, Shock.

[10]  V. Novikov,et al.  Membrane and soluble forms of Fas (CD95) in peripheral blood lymphocytes and in serum from burns patients. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[11]  Wei-Chao Huang,et al.  Use of Free Thin Anterolateral Thigh Flaps Combined with Cervicoplasty for Reconstruction of Postburn Anterior Cervical Contractures , 2002, Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

[12]  H. Kehlet,et al.  Local cooling does not prevent hyperalgesia following burn injury in humans , 2002, Pain.

[13]  R. Dover,et al.  Allogeneic skin substitutes applied to burns patients. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[14]  D. Herndon,et al.  Appearance of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 (MCP-1) Early After Thermal Injury: Role in the Subsequent Development of Burn-Associated Type 2 T-Cell Responses , 2002, Annals of surgery.

[15]  D. Herndon,et al.  Vitamin D depletion following burn injury in children: a possible factor in post-burn osteopenia. , 2002, The Journal of trauma.

[16]  D. Chinkes,et al.  Energy Expenditure and Caloric Balance After Burn: Increased Feeding Leads to Fat Rather Than Lean Mass Accretion , 2002, Annals of surgery.

[17]  D. Greenhalgh,et al.  Induction of murine AIDS virus-related sequences after burn injury. , 2002, Journal of Surgical Research.

[18]  M. Babu,et al.  Effect of trypsin-chymotrypsin (Chymoral Forte D.S.) preparation on the modulation of cytokine levels in burn patients. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[19]  T. H. van der Kwast,et al.  Nerve outgrowth and neuropeptide expression during the remodeling of human burn wound scars. A 7-month follow-up study of 22 patients. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[20]  P. Haertsch.  Reconstructive surgery using an artificial dermis (Integra). , 2002, British journal of plastic surgery.

[21]  D. Chinkes,et al.  Reversal of catabolism by beta-blockade after severe burns. , 2001, The New England journal of medicine.

[22]  J. Hunt,et al.  A multicenter review of toxic epidermal necrolysis treated in U.S. burn centers at the end of the twentieth century. , 2001, Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation.

[23]  W. Dillon.  2002 Presidential Address , 2002 .

[24]  J. Saffle,et al.  Burn center management of necrotizing soft-tissue surgical infections in unburned patients. , 2001, American journal of surgery.

[25]  D. Herndon,et al.  Cryptococcal encephalitis in thermally injured mice is accelerated by type 2 T-cell responses* , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[26]  W. Al-Ghoul,et al.  PAF receptor antagonist modulates neutrophil responses with thermal injury in vivo. , 2001, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology.

[27]  B. Çakır,et al.  Protective role of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors in burn-induced intestinal and liver damage. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[28]  K. Jauch,et al.  Non-viral liposomal keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) cDNA gene transfer improves dermal and epidermal regeneration through stimulation of epithelial and mesenchymal factors , 2002, Gene Therapy.

[29]  W. Rising,et al.  Outcome of Patients with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome Revisited , 2002, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

[30]  A. Corcos,et al.  Percutaneous treatment of secondary abdominal compartment syndrome. , 2001, The Journal of trauma.

[31]  S. Boyce,et al.  Principles and practices for treatment of cutaneous wounds with cultured skin substitutes. , 2002, American journal of surgery.

[32]  R. Kreis,et al.  The use of a PEG tube in a burn centre. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[33]  R. Demling,et al.  The rate of re-epithelialization across meshed skin grafts is increased with exposure to silver. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[34]  M. Dubick,et al.  Effects of burns on inhalation injury in sheep: a 5-day study. , 2002, The Journal of trauma.

[35]  A. Cooper,et al.  How well does the Parkland formula estimate actual fluid resuscitation volumes? , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[36]  K. Schomacker,et al.  Bioengineering methods employed in the study of wound healing of sulphur mustard burns , 2002, Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging.

[37]  R. Gamelli,et al.  Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: release is not impaired after burn wound infection. , 2002, The Journal of trauma.

[38]  Yuesheng Huang,et al.  Calcium induced the damage of myocardial mitochondrial respiratory function in the early stage after severe burns. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[39]  C. Ryan,et al.  Long-term consequences of toxic epidermal necrolysis in children. , 2002, Pediatrics.

[40]  G. Su,et al.  Thermal injury induces expression of CD14 in human skin. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[41]  C. Holm,et al.  Effect of crystalloid resuscitation and inhalation injury on extravascular lung water: clinical implications. , 2002, Chest.

[42]  J. Meredith,et al.  The effect of burn nursing units on burn wound infections. , 2002, Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation.

[43]  E. Tredget,et al.  Alterations in lymphocyte function and relation to phospholipid composition after burn injury in humans , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[44]  R. Bellomo,et al.  Randomized comparison of nasojejunal and nasogastric feeding in critically ill patients. , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[45]  W. Fang,et al.  The Significance of Changes in High Mobility Group-1 Protein mRNA Expression in Rats After Thermal Injury , 2002, Shock.

[46]  C. Szabó,et al.  Role of nitric oxide in myocardial dysfunction after combined burn and smoke inhalation injury. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[47]  A. Cooper,et al.  Systemic effects of subcutaneous and topical epinephrine administration during burn surgery , 2002, Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie.

[48]  P. Ryan,et al.  The importance of immediate cooling--a case series of childhood burns in Vietnam. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[49]  B. Latenser,et al.  A pilot study comparing percutaneous decompression with decompressive laparotomy for acute abdominal compartment syndrome in thermal injury. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[50]  J. Still,et al.  A Comparison of the Effect of Early Insertion of Standard Latex and Silver-Impregnated Latex Foley Catheters on Urinary Tract Infections in Burn Patients , 2002, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

[51]  K. Harii,et al.  Expanded Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap for the Treatment of Extensive Post-Burn Neck Contracture , 2002, Journal of reconstructive microsurgery.

[52]  H. Kehlet,et al.  Analgesic Effects of Dexamethasone in Burn Injury , 2001, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

[53]  M. Varedi,et al.  Gene expression in intestinal epithelial cells, IEC-6, is altered by burn injury-induced circulating factors. , 2001, Shock.

[54]  S. Thom,et al.  Smoke inhalation-induced alveolar lung injury is inhibited by hyperbaric oxygen. , 2001, Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc.

[55]  R. Barrow,et al.  Serum TGF-β in thermally injured rats , 2001 .

[56]  K. Kiyokawa,et al.  Cryopreserved cultured epidermal allografts achieved early closure of wounds and reduced scar formation in deep partial-thickness burn wounds (DDB) and split-thickness skin donor sites of pediatric patients. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[57]  S. Boyce,et al.  The 1999 clinical research award. Cultured skin substitutes combined with Integra Artificial Skin to replace native skin autograft and allograft for the closure of excised full-thickness burns. , 1999, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[58]  Nabil Wasif,et al.  Diabetes and burns: retrospective cohort study. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[59]  D. Heimbach,et al.  Early Excision and Grafting of Face and Neck Burns in Patients over 20 Years , 2002, Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

[60]  M. Spies,et al.  Modulation of types I and II acute phase reactants with insulin-like growth factor-1/binding protein-3 complex in severely burned children , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[61]  L. Napolitano.  Testosterone administration in male burn patients: the good, the bad, and the ugly. , 2001, Critical Care Medicine.

[62]  R. Mitchell,et al.  Antiproteolytic action of insulin in burn-injured rats. , 2002, The Journal of surgical research.

[63]  J. Cone,et al.  The tumescent technique to significantly reduce blood loss during burn surgery. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[64]  J. Gervasio,et al.  Accuracy of predictive methods to estimate resting energy expenditure of thermally-injured patients. , 2002, JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.

[65]  R. Wolfe,et al.  The effect of prolonged euglycemic hyperinsulinemia on lean body mass after severe burn. , 2002, Surgery.

[66]  E. Ghigo,et al.  Activity of GH/IGF-1 axis in burn patients: Comparison with normal subjects and patients with GH deficiency , 2002, Journal of endocrinological investigation.

[67]  H. Matsuda,et al.  Burn depth affects dermal interstitial fluid pressure, free radical production, and serum histamine levels in rats. , 2002, The Journal of trauma.

[68]  D. Orgill,et al.  A review of computer-aided body surface area determination: SAGE II and EPRI's 3D Burn Vision. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[69]  R. Gamelli,et al.  Bone marrow stem cell and progenitor response to injury , 2001, Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society.

[70]  W. Clark,et al.  Laryngeal and phonatory status after burn/inhalation injury: a long term follow-up study. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[71]  G. Andersson,et al.  Development of a brief version of the Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS-B). , 2001, The Journal of trauma.

[72]  M. Vavilala,et al.  A comparison of oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate and oral oxycodone for pediatric outpatient wound care. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[73]  M. Choinière,et al.  Pharmacokinetics of Morphine and its Glucuronidated Metabolites in Burn Injuries , 2001, The Annals of pharmacotherapy.

[74]  J. Garner,et al.  What’s new in … General Surgery , 2003, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

[75]  P. V. van Zuijlen,et al.  Long-term results of a clinical trial on dermal substitution. A light microscopy and Fourier analysis based evaluation. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[76]  J. Brown,et al.  Further reports on the use of composite free grafts of skin and cartilage from the ear. , 1946, Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

[77]  R. Wolfe,et al.  Testosterone administration in severe burns ameliorates muscle catabolism , 2001, Critical care medicine.

[78]  A. Meyer,et al.  A trial of the effectiveness of artificial dermis in the treatment of patients with burns greater than 45% total body surface area. , 2002, The Journal of trauma.

[79]  M. Faymonville,et al.  Psychological approaches during dressing changes of burned patients: a prospective randomised study comparing hypnosis against stress reducing strategy. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[80]  A. Ghahary,et al.  Healing of burn wounds in transgenic mice overexpressing transforming growth factor-beta 1 in the epidermis. , 2001, The American journal of pathology.

[81]  C. Ogle,et al.  Effects of prolactin deficiency on myelopoiesis and splenic T lymphocyte proliferation in thermally injured mice. , 2002, Endocrinology.

[82]  Marcus Spies,et al.  Effects of delayed wound excision and grafting in severely burned children. , 2002, Archives of surgery.

[83]  J. Fish,et al.  An initial experience with telemedicine in follow-up burn care. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[84]  C. Lang,et al.  Burn-induced changes in IGF-I and IGF-binding proteins are partially glucocorticoid dependent. , 2002, American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology.

[85]  M. Dubick,et al.  Effects of heparin and lisofylline on pulmonary function after smoke inhalation injury in an ovine model. , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[86]  E. Lightfoot,et al.  BURN PLASMA MEDIATES CARDIAC MYOCYTE APOPTOSIS VIA ENDOTOXIN: 96 , 2001 .

[87]  D. Herndon,et al.  Enhanced pulmonary expression of endothelin-1 in an ovine model of smoke inhalation injury. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[88]  D. Herndon,et al.  Fatty infiltration of the liver in severely burned pediatric patients: autopsy findings and clinical implications. , 2001, The Journal of trauma.

[89]  D. Heimbach,et al.  Therapeutic hyperbaric oxygen: help or hindrance in burn patients with carbon monoxide poisoning? , 1988, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[90]  K. Jablonski,et al.  Microvascular assessment of burn depth conversion during varying resuscitation conditions. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[91]  C. Yeh,et al.  Effects of arginine supplementation on antioxidant enzyme activity and macrophage response in burned mice. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[92]  G. Biolo,et al.  Inverse regulation of protein turnover and amino acid transport in skeletal muscle of hypercatabolic patients. , 2002, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

[93]  J. Fish,et al.  The effect of silicone gel sheets on perfusion of hypertrophic burn scars. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[94]  K. Iida,et al.  Circulating blood volume in burn resuscitation. , 2002, Hiroshima journal of medical sciences.

[95]  Günter Germann,et al.  Transcardiopulmonary vs pulmonary arterial thermodilution methods for hemodynamic monitoring of burned patients. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[96]  C. Polanczyk,et al.  Association between early detection of soluble TNF-receptors and mortality in burn patients , 2002, Intensive Care Medicine.

[97]  R. Gamelli,et al.  Gut-associated lymphoid T cell suppression enhances bacterial translocation in alcohol and burn injury. , 2002, American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology.

[98]  M. Spies,et al.  Treatment of extensive toxic epidermal necrolysis in children. , 2001, Pediatrics.

[99]  R. Sheridan,et al.  Treatment of pain in acutely burned children. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[100]  M L Yarmush,et al.  Poloxamer-188 improves capillary blood flow and tissue viability in a cutaneous burn wound. , 2001, The Journal of surgical research.

[101]  J. Ortonne,et al.  A randomized, controlled study of the safety and efficacy of topical corticosteroid treatments of sunburn in healthy volunteers , 2002, Clinical and experimental dermatology.

[102]  G. Su,et al.  Activity of Novispirin G10 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa In Vitro and in Infected Burns , 2002, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

[103]  A. Ghahary,et al.  Myofibroblasts and apoptosis in human hypertrophic scars: the effect of interferon-alpha2b. , 2001, Surgery.

[104]  Hong Zhou,et al.  Relationship between lymphocyte apoptosis and endotoxin translocation after thermal injury in rats. , 2002, World journal of gastroenterology.

[105]  D. Heimbach,et al.  Rates, trends, and severity of depression after burn injuries. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[106]  J. Fisher,et al.  Characteristics and outcome of children with carbon monoxide poisoning with and without smoke exposure referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy , 2000, Pediatric emergency care.

[107]  Qi Shun-zhen,et al.  The effects of inhaled nitric oxide on the levels of cGMP plasma and lung tissue in a canine model of smoke inhalation injury. , 2002, Burns.

[108]  D. Herndon,et al.  Effect of exercise training on pulmonary function in children with thermal injury. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[109]  P. Esselman,et al.  Time off work and return to work rates after burns: systematic review of the literature and a large two-center series. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[110]  Lindell K. Weaver.  Oxígeno hiperbárico en el envenenamiento agudo por monóxido de carbono , 2002 .

[111]  L. Kamolz,et al.  Serum Cholinesterase Activity in Patients with Burns , 2002, Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.

[112]  D. Cass,et al.  Laser Doppler imaging prediction of burn wound outcome in children. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[113]  P. A. Harding,et al.  Endogenous production of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor during murine partial-thickness burn wound healing. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[114]  K. Teahon,et al.  Enteral feeding in patients with major burn injury: the use of nasojejunal feeding after the failure of nasogastric feeding. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[115]  L. Gottlieb,et al.  Glutamine administration reduces Gram-negative bacteremia in severely burned patients: A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial versus isonitrogenous control , 2001, Critical care medicine.

[116]  K. Jablonski,et al.  Serum lactate, not base deficit, rapidly predicts survival after major burns. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[117]  J. Noth,et al.  The effect of propranolol versus placebo on resident surgical performance. , 1998, Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society.

[118]  E. Kovacs,et al.  Estrogen restores cellular immunity in injured male mice via suppression of interleukin‐6 production , 2001, Journal of leukocyte biology.

[119]  R. Barrow,et al.  Nutritional intervention high in vitamins, protein, amino acids, and omega3 fatty acids improves protein metabolism during the hypermetabolic state after thermal injury. , 2001, Archives of surgery.

[120]  J. Alexander,et al.  Nutritional pharmacology in surgical patients. , 2002, American journal of surgery.

[121]  D. White,et al.  TLR4 inactivation and rBPI(21) block burn-induced myocardial contractile dysfunction. , 2002, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology.

[122]  M. Neumeister,et al.  Improvement in burn wound infection and survival with antimicrobial peptide D2A21 (Demegel). , 2002, Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

[123]  L. Traber,et al.  Effects of manganese superoxide dismutase, when given after inhalation injury has been established , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[124]  T. Mahboub,et al.  Use of an Adipofascial Flap Based on the Proximal Perforators of the Ulnar Artery to Correct Contracture of Elbow Burn Scars: An Anatomic and Clinical Approach , 2002, Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

[125]  D. White,et al.  Cardiomyocyte intracellular calcium and cardiac dysfunction after burn trauma , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[126]  D. Maass,et al.  Time course of myocardial sodium accumulation after burn trauma: a (31)P- and (23)Na-NMR study. , 2001, Journal of applied physiology.

[127]  E. Ward,et al.  Duration of dysphagic symptoms and swallowing outcomes after thermal burn injury. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[128]  J. Horton,et al.  Sympathoadrenal modulation of stress-activated signaling in burn trauma. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[129]  E Dantzer,et al.  Reconstructive surgery using an artificial dermis (Integra): results with 39 grafts. , 2001, British Journal of Plastic Surgery.

[130]  D. Herndon,et al.  Susceptibility of thermally injured mice to cytomegalovirus infection. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[131]  D. Herndon,et al.  A novel animal model of sepsis after acute lung injury in sheep* , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[132]  I. Chaudry,et al.  Cyclooxygenase 2-mediated suppression of macrophage interleukin-12 production after thermal injury. , 2002, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology.

[133]  J. Heggers,et al.  Comparison of propolis skin cream to silver sulfadiazine: a naturopathic alternative to antibiotics in treatment of minor burns. , 2002, Journal of alternative and complementary medicine.

[134]  K. Jauch,et al.  Therapeutic success and efficacy of nonviral liposomal cDNA gene transfer to the skin in vivo is dose dependent , 2001, Gene Therapy.

[135]  J. Morgan,et al.  Interleukin-1&agr; and Interleukin-6 Enhance the Antibacterial Properties of Cultured Composite Keratinocyte Grafts , 2002, Annals of surgery.

[136]  M. Spies,et al.  Role of TNF-α in gut mucosal changes after severe burn , 2002 .

[137]  L. Kazis,et al.  The development, validation, and testing of a health outcomes burn questionnaire for infants and children 5 years of age and younger: American Burn Association/Shriners Hospitals for Children. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[138]  S. Milner,et al.  Palm-top computer application for fluid resuscitation in burns. , 2001, Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

[139]  I. Chaudry,et al.  Resistance of macrophages to the suppressive effect of interleukin-10 following thermal injury. , 2001, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology.

[140]  S. Ilechukwu.  Psychiatry of the medically ill in the burn unit. , 2002, The Psychiatric clinics of North America.

[141]  T. Hui,et al.  Ruthenium red attenuated cardiomyocyte and mitochondrial damage during the early stage after severe burn. , 2002, Burns.

[142]  Karen J. Chan,et al.  Hyperbaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning. , 2002, The New England journal of medicine.

[143]  D. Greenhalgh,et al.  Benefits of early tracheostomy in severely burned children , 2002, Critical care medicine.

[144]  Marcus Spies,et al.  Gene expression analysis in burn wounds of rats. , 2002, American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology.

[145]  L. Kamolz,et al.  Serum cholinesterase activity reflects morbidity in burned patients. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[146]  J. Nelson,et al.  In vivo burn depth determination by high-speed fiber-based polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography. , 2001, Journal of biomedical optics.

[147]  M. Landolt,et al.  Does cartoon movie distraction decrease burned children's pain behavior? , 2002, Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation.

[148]  P. V. van Zuijlen,et al.  Dermal Substitution in Acute Burns and Reconstructive Surgery: A Subjective and Objective Long‐Term Follow‐Up , 2001, Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

[149]  M Schetz,et al.  Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. , 2001, The New England journal of medicine.

[150]  D. Heimbach,et al.  Prospective trial of thick vs standard split-thickness skin grafts in burns of the hand. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[151]  R. Sheridan.  Modulation of types I and II acute phase reactants with insulin-like growth factor-1/binding protein-3 complex in severely burned children. , 2002, Critical Care Medicine.

[152]  D. Greenhalgh,et al.  Burn-Induced Thymic Apoptosis Corresponds with Altered TGF-β1 and Smad 2/3 , 2002 .

[153]  A. Bolgiani,et al.  Catheter infection risk related to the distance between insertion site and burned area. , 2001, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[154]  M. Akçay,et al.  The effect of calcitonin and growth hormone on urinary deoxypyridinoline levels in burned patients. , 2002, Burns.

[155]  S. Yıldırım,et al.  Distally-based neurofasciocutaneous flaps in electrical burns. , 2002, Burns.

[156]  J. Saffle,et al.  Treatment of toxic epidermal necrolysis with intravenous immunoglobulin in children. , 2002, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

[157]  S. Lal,et al.  β-blockade and growth hormone after burn , 2002 .

[158]  B. Jordan,et al.  Indices of antioxidant status in rats subjected to wood smoke inhalation and/or thermal injury. , 2002, Toxicology.

[159]  J. Giuffre,et al.  Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes from Burn Patients: Identification and Quantification of Fibrocytes in Adherent Cells Cultured from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells , 2002, Laboratory Investigation.

[160]  N. Tarrier,et al.  A survey of the need for psychological input in a follow-up service for adult burn-injured patients. , 2001, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[161]  W. Al-Ghoul,et al.  Effects of burn with and without Escherichia coli infection in rats on intestinal vs. splenic T-cell responses , 2001, Critical care medicine.

[162]  O. Yuge,,et al.  Impairment of splenic B and T lymphocytes in the early period after severe thermal injury: immunohistochemical and electron microscopic analysis. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[163]  J. Alexander,et al.  Changes in bone marrow-derived myeloid cells from thermally injured rats reflect changes in the progenitor cell population. , 2002, The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation.

[164]  M. Şengezer,et al.  Treatment modalities for post-burn axillary contractures and the versatility of the scapular flap. , 2002, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

[165]  D. Greenhalgh,et al.  Cultured Skin Substitutes Reduce Donor Skin Harvesting for Closure of Excised, Full-Thickness Burns , 2002, Annals of surgery.