Contemporary longitudinal data on burn epidemiology in Southeast Asia are limited. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 12,203 patients admitted to Vietnam’s national burn referral hospital from 2021 to 2025. The primary outcome was in-...
Background: Sepsis remains a leading cause of late mortality in critically ill burn patients. The optimal hemodynamic strategy, including vasopressor combinations, corticosteroids, and landiolol therapy, remains incompletely defined in this populatio...
Background: Resistance exercise is a cornerstone of rehabilitation after burn; however prescription of resistance-based exercise during acute adult burn recovery remains empiric and experience-based, varying widely between centres. To understand the...
Objectives: Microneedling is a promising treatment for hypertrophic scars (HSc); however, documentation of its effects remains limited. The purpose of this study was to objectively quantify scar changes and patient-reported outcomes following microne...
Background: Early recognition and management of burns are essential, yet access to technologically complex simulation may be limited in resource-constrained educational settings. Methods: We developed a resource-conscious simulation scenario for the...
Introduction: Burn severity alone may not explain differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after burn injury. We examined whether emotional reactivity and emotion-regulation strategies were associated with HRQoL beyond burn severity. Met...
Background: Blue-light photobiomodulation (PBM) may support burn wound repair through modulation of early inflammatory responses, but comparative evidence in children remains limited. We examined associations between adjunctive PBM, early local infla...
Background: Total body surface area (TBSA) quantifies burn extent, whereas burn depth reflects tissue involvement. In chemical burns, small surface-area injuries may still include deeper tissue damage, but this patient-level co-occurrence remains inc...
Background: Hypoalbuminemia is a common complication after burn injury, exacerbated by surgical debridement, and contributes to edema, delayed healing, infection, and mortality. NovoSorb® biodegradable temporizing matrix (BTM) is a dermal substit...
Background/Objectives: Circumferential deep dermal burns generate progressive sub-eschar pressure with risk of burn-induced compartment syndrome (BICS). Bromelain-based enzymatic debridement is a proposed non-surgical decompressive strategy, but the...
Introduction: Early debridement of burn eschar is a cornerstone of care for patients with extensive burns, yet early large-area surgical excision may be limited by blood loss, physiological instability, and substantial logistical demands. Evidence on...
Background: Norepinephrine is commonly used during acute burn resuscitation to maintain adequate perfusion pressure. However, its effects, together with the burn-induced catecholamine surge, on arterial α1-adrenergic receptors (α1-AR) rem...
Background: Burn injuries impose substantial physical and psychological burden beyond acute wound care. Anxiety and depressive symptoms are frequent but often underrecognized among burn survivors. Routine patient-reported mental health assessment dur...
Background: Large surface area burn injuries compromise skin integrity and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Skin autografts are essential for wound healing but are limited in patients with extensive burns due to insufficient d...
Background: Psychiatric disorders are common but often unrecognized complications in patients with burns. This study aimed to determine the association between psychiatric disorders and demographic and clinical factors in the Burn Unit of Dr. Cipto M...
Introduction: Multi-organ failure (MOF) is the predominant cause of death in patients with burns who survive their initial injury. MOF can be “sterile” in nature (driven by the burn injury) or related to sepsis. The time course and predic...
Background: Burn injuries have complex physical and psychological consequences, making holistic rehabilitation essential. This mixed methods service evaluation explored the acceptability and perceived benefits of a peer-supported breakfast group deli...
Background: Burn wound healing is a complex biological process requiring coordinated interactions among inflammatory cells, keratinocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, extracellular matrix components, and neural structures. Increasing evidence sug...
Introduction: While global burden is underappreciated, traumatic wounds account for 23 million annual emergency department visits in the United States, accounting for trillions in medical costs and work and quality of life loss. We hypothesized that...
Introduction: Toxic epidermal necrolysis in children is a life-threatening emergency requiring prompt withdrawal of the culprit drug, transfer to an experienced center, and intensive supportive care. Case Report: An 11-year-old girl developed toxic e...
Introduction: Lightning strikes cause a unique spectrum of cutaneous burn injuries that differ substantially from conventional thermal or high-voltage electrical burns. Despite the well-documented systemic lethality of lightning injuries, the burn-sp...
Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) represent the most significant complications in patients hospitalized for severe burn injuries, after the immediate post-burn resuscitation phase, and are associated with substantial morbidity and morta...
Background: Early management of adult burn injuries in resource-constrained environments—such as battlefields and primary care facilities—remains hindered by the absence of standardized, evidence-based protocols. This study aimed to syste...
Background: Burn severity assessment is clinically relevant and often requires timely decision-making. Visual classification of second- and third-degree burns remains subjective and prone to observer variability. Methods: This study aimed to develop...
Background: Timely admission to a specialised burn unit is considered crucial for optimising outcomes in burn patients. However, the impact of delayed admission on hospital length of stay and clinical outcomes remains unclear, particularly in resourc...
Objective: Surgical simulation has been shown to improve efficiency, performance, and time to mastery for complicated procedures, but simulation training is not always considered when introducing new devices or products. As part of a performance impr...
Abstracts of the plenary sessions, workshops, and poster presentations of the 4th EBA Educational Course in Bucharest, Romania, 15–16 May 2026.
Background: NexoBrid® (NXB), an enzymatic debridement agent approved in Japan in 2022, provides a less invasive alternative to surgical excision for burn treatment. However, its optimal therapeutic benefit depends on appropriate patient selection...
Background: Burn injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, yet remain underreported due to limited data systems. This study describes the epidemiology of burn patients admitted to two major burn center...
Background: Over the past ten years, enzymatic debridement has been used more often to treat burn injuries in the UK and Europe. Even though it is increasingly adopted, there are still major differences in how it is practiced. These differences are m...
Background: Burn injuries profoundly impact the survivors’ physical, psychological and social well-being, with sexuality, intimacy and body image remaining among the most disrupted yet least addressed areas of rehabilitation. Limited profession...
Background: Burn patients are highly susceptible to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), and contaminated near-patient surfaces can act as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant organisms (MROs). Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) room disinfection is increasingly use...
Background: Deep burns in pediatric population often require split-thickness skin grafts (STSGs) and the identification of an optimal donor site is crucial to minimize morbidity, accelerate healing and reduce short- and long-term complications. The s...
Background: Hand burns are a key criterion for immediate referral to tertiary burn centres in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally, yet few studies have examined how paediatric burn epidemiology, surgical management, and length of stay (LOS) d...
Inhalation injury (II) exacerbates burn mortality via obstructive fibrin casts. We evaluated a protocol combining scheduled flexible bronchoscopy (FOB) with nebulized heparin and N-acetylcysteine (NAC). This single-center, randomized controlled trial...
Background: Evaporative water loss from burn wounds is a major but often neglected component of early fluid requirements. Despite its physiological importance, no dedicated review has quantified acute post-burn evaporative water loss (TEWL) and its i...
While the global surgeon deficit continues to demand urgent action, traditional “over-the-shoulder” teaching is increasingly constrained by infection-control demands and crowded operating rooms. Over the past four years, we integrated hea...
Background: Accurate assessment of burn depth remains a clinical challenge and requires specific training. To improve diagnostic accuracy, various technical methods have been developed. This review summarizes current evidence on indocyanine green (IC...
Introduction: Various scoring systems are applied to burn patients to assess the perioperative and mortality risks as well as comorbidities. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the predictive accuracies for mortality of different scor...
Background: Hand burns are common in children and can result in long-term functional impairment. The Hand Burn Severity (HABS) score is an anatomy-specific measure of hand burn severity, but its relationship to functional outcomes in pediatric patien...
Background: Major cervical burns often require tracheostomy (TT); however, it remains unclear whether TT timing relative to cervical wound coverage (WC) and the choice of coverage modality affect peristomal wound healing. Methods: In this retrospecti...
Background: Burn assessment traditionally relies on visual inspection and 2D estimation, which introduces substantial variability in determining wound size and healing progression. Three-dimensional (3D) surface scanning offers a more objective alter...
Background: A burn injury is a complex trauma often followed by complications, one of which is fatigue. The objective of this study was to validate the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) in an adult Swedish burn cohort. Methods: A prospective cohort study...
Background: Early excision and autologous split-thickness skin grafting are the cornerstone of surgical management in severe burn injuries. In patients with extremely extensive deep burns, the lack of available donor sites represents a major life-thr...
Background: Weight extremes are linked to morbidity, yet their impact on burn outcomes remains underinvestigated. Prior studies suggest an ‘obesity paradox’, showing survival benefits and better functional outcomes in obese patients. Meth...
Background: Burn injury induces a prolonged inflammatory response that may contribute to long-term metabolic dysfunction. Exercise is known to reduce inflammation in various clinical populations; however, its effect on chronic post-burn inflammation...
Introduction: Patients with major burn injuries are highly susceptible to hypothermia due to extensive skin loss, aggressive fluid resuscitation, repeated surgical procedures, and exposure during wound care. Hypothermia is associated with coagulation...
Background: Pathological scarring (PS) following surgical procedures, burns, or trauma poses significant clinical, psychological, and socio-economic challenges. Despite the high prevalence of PS, reliable information resources are limited, often lead...
Background: Pediatric burns cause considerable morbidity and hospital resource use. Advanced dressings on moderate-degree pediatric burns that accelerate healing may offset acquisition costs by shortening length of stay (LOS). Objective: The aim of t...
Accurate documentation of burn wounds is essential for evaluating treatment outcomes and monitoring healing progression. Traditional two-dimensional (2D) photography remains the clinical standard but lacks depth and volumetric accuracy. Three-dimensi...
