Sensory alteration patterns in burned patients
| Autor: | Jorge Aguilera-Sáez, Jose Luis Seoane, Jordi Domènech, Ana Tirado-Esteban, Juan P. Barret |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Pain Threshold Burn injury Sensory system Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cutaneous receptor Sensation medicine Humans Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Quantitative sensory testing 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Hypoesthesia Middle Aged medicine.anatomical_structure Touch Peripheral nervous system Anesthesia Sensation Disorders Emergency Medicine Quality of Life Surgery Female medicine.symptom business Burns |
| Zdroj: | Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries. 46(8) |
| ISSN: | 1879-1409 |
| Popis: | Introduction Burned patients may present with different type and severity of sensory dysfunction. Regenerative mechanisms in the peripheral nervous system are diminished after burn injury and thus unable to accurately regenerate somatosensitive skin receptors. The pattern by which neuronal regeneration occurs to regain this sensitivity in burn patients is still unclear. Patients and method This observational retrospective study focuses on determining the patterns of heat, heat-pain, cold, cold-pain, sympathetic skin response and touch following severe burns. Twenty-six burn patients with different type of burns were included in the study. The survey methods used included the Quantitative Sensory Test for termoalgesic measurement, electrical SSR and the Von Frey filaments for quantitative measurements of touch/pressure. Results The results showed that patients present with hypoesthesia to heat, cold, and touch in postburn skin areas compared with the contralateral healthy areas. However, in the heat-pain sensation, no hypoesthesia was noted. Conclusions Our results suggest that burn patients have a sensitivity dysfunction in postburned skin areas. The use of QST could be considered the technique to determine the sensitivity of burned patients. Although, more high-quality studies should to be done. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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