Burns research

Clinical research focuses on the management and outcomes of patients with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TENS); the effect of gender on mortality in burn patients; and fluid management and blood transfusion practices.

The Victorian Adult Burns Service at The Alfred provides the statewide service for adult patients with severe burn injuries.

Clinical research topics in 2015 have included gender differences in cytokine response to burn injury, troponin levels in patients with burns and the early microbiological profile of the burn wound.

A prospective trial is under way to test the validity of a predictive equation for dressing requirements, which will contribute to state disaster response preparation and planning. Laboratory research is focused on techniques for keratinocyte culture and tissue engineering for skin substitutes.

Postgraduate students

  • 3 PhD students
  • 3 Masters students

Publications

Driving improved burns care and patient outcomes through clinical registry data: A review of quality indicators in the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand

Gong J, Singer Y, Cleland H, Wood F, Cameron P, Tracy LM, Gabbe BJ

(2021), Burns, 47(1), 14-24

DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2020.01.005

A platelet-derived hydrogel improves neovascularisation in full thickness wounds

Rahman MM, Garcia N, Loh YS, Marks DC, Banakh I, Jagadeesan P, Cameron NR, Yung-Chih C, Costa M, Peter K, Cleland H, Akbarzadeh S

(2021), Acta Biomater, 136, 199-209

DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.09.043

Burn Unit Design-The Missing Link for Quality and Safety

Gus E, Almeland SK, Barnes D, Elmasry M, Singer Y, Sjöberg F, Steinvall I, van Zuijlen P, Cleland H

(2021), J Burn Care Res, 42(3), 369-75

DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irab011

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