Dr Nicholas Tang1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Mount Waverley, Australia Abstract: Background:  The prevalence and continued growth of the smartphone has led to it becoming an indispensable pillar in societal functioning in this 21st century. The rapid improvements in smartphone technology...
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Dr Nicholas Tang1, Mr. Anand Ramakrishnan1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Mount Waverley, Australia Abstract: Background:  In the 21st century, social media has and continues to significantly alter the landscape of medical practice, with its near-ubiquitous influence in our current society[1]. Social...
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Dr Nicholas Tang1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Mount Waverley, Australia Abstract: Background:  Beyond the initial insult of the burn itself, the path to recovery is often long and tortuous. The need for ongoing debridement, regular dressings changes, functional rehabilitation and scar...
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Dr Liesel Porrett1, Dr  Melissa  Short1 1Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport , Australia Abstract: Gold Coast University Hospital is the 6th largest paediatric unit in Australia.  Established in 2013, it provides care for patients in South East Queensland and Northern...
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Dr Devlin Elliott1 1Greenslopes Private Hospital, Newdegate Street, Greenslopes, Brisbane , Australia Abstract: Introduction There is a wide range of dressings available for partial thickness burns with large variations in cost. Hands are a critical area in relation to burns...
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Ms Kathy Bicknell1, Ms Alison  Baillie1, M Rebecca  Mills1 1Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Australia Abstract: Data obtained from the Burns Registry of Australia & NZ (BRANZ) 2016 – 2017 annual report shows that the most common age group of...
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Dr Ian Loh1, Ms Yvonne Singer1, Dr Heather Cleland1 1Alfred Health, Prahran, Australia Abstract: Severe burn patients (>20%TBSA) experience endocrine, inflammatory, metabolic & immune changes which require tailored nutritional support. Best practice evidence demonstrates that nutritional support should begin within...
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Mrs Natalia Adanichkin1, Professor John E Greenwood1, Mrs Rochelle Kurmis1, Mrs Kathryn Heath1 1Adult Burn service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia Abstract: The performance of our organisation is driven by meeting pre-determined Key Performance Indicators such as, but not limited,...
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Dr Alexandria Turner1, Dr Megan Grigg1, Dr Jason Brown1 1Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia Abstract: In patients with burns >30% Total Body Surface Area (TBSA), Oxandrolone is routinely prescribed after resuscitative and damage control surgery, ideally between day...
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Burns Rehabilitation for the Elderly – Are We Doing Enough?   Yi-Chan Fan1, Louisa Wardrope2, Frank Li3   1 Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord NSW 2139, YiChan.Fan@health.nsw.gov.au 2 Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord NSW 2139 Louisa.Wardrope@health.nsw.gov.au 2 Concord Repatriation General...
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