Examination of the effect of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Acute Paediatric Burns on Re-epithelialisation, Pain and Injury Progression – A pilot study
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Paediatric burnsInjuries and Accidents - Burns
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614001068651
- Lead Sponsor
- Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Children with acute partial thickness burns presenting to the Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital aged 3-15.
Exclusion Criteria
Age younger than 3 years or older than 16 years
Superficial (erythema only) & full thickness burns
Burns >10% TBSA
Chemical and friction burns
Known sensitivity to silver
Non English speaking
Cognitive impairment
Current involvement with Department Communities (Child Safety)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wound progression - assess difference in laser doppler imaging from day of injury to day 3.[Day 3 post injury];Wound re epithelialisation<br>- Clinical judgement by surgeon treating the patient<br>- Blinded second assessment from digital photographs[Expected day 10-14 following injury];Pain[Pain while dressing in situ (days 1-3 following injury). Pain at dressing change. Assessed via multiple methods - FACES-R/VAS-P/FLACC ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ease of management of dressing - 5 point Likert scale[Day 3 following injury at first dressing change]