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

Burn fluid resuscitation formulae: Concept and misconception

Gus E, Cleland H

(2021), Injury, 52(4), 780-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.11.052

Improvement of Burn Scars Treated With Fractional Ablative CO2 Lasers-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Using the Vancouver Scar Scale

Mahar PD, Spinks AB, Cleland H, Bekhor P, Waibel JS, Lo C, Goodman G

(2021), J Burn Care Res, 42(2), 200-6

DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraa130

Treatment of Anaemia in Patients with Acute Burn Injury: A Study of Blood Transfusion Practices

Tichil I, Rosenblum S, Paul E, Cleland H

(2021), J Clin Med, 10(3), 476

DOI: 10.3390/jcm10030476

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