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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – St Helens & Knowsley Staff

Review of Burn Resuscitation: is Plasmalyte® A Comparable Alternative to Ringer’s Lactate?

Abstract Ringer’s lactate has been the most widely used fluid for burn resuscitation for decades. Plasmalyte®, a newer balanced crystalloid, is gaining popularity for use in the critically ill, including patients with burns. This popularity is partly due to the fact that Plasmalyte® theoretically offers a favourable metabolic profile,..

Published: 02/08/2022
Authors: Cappuyns L, Tridente A, Stubbington Y, Shokrollahi K

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Burn fluid resuscitation using plasmalyte®: Is it a safe replacement for ringers lactate and what is the potential cost saving?

Poster presentation for the BBA Annual Meeting, May 2022. Full conference programme available here: https://www.britishburnassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BBA-Bristol-4-6.5.22-Full-Programme-.pdf Introduction Fluid resuscitation remains the basis of early burn management. Both the type and volume of fluids can impact the outcome of burn patients. Appropriate fluid resuscitation..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Cappuyns L, Tridente A, Stubbington Y, Shokrollahi K

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Tangential excision and skin grafting for sever chronic ulcerative allergic reaction to tattoo pigment. A case report and review of literature in the context of a European ban on coloured pigment tattoos

Poster presentation for the BBA Annual Meeting, May 2022. Full conference programme available here: https://www.britishburnassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BBA-Bristol-4-6.5.22-Full-Programme-.pdf Introduction Tattooing is used in both recreationally and for scar management including burn patients to disguise burn scar knowledge about the clinical spectrum, pathogenesis and treatment of..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Wahal A, Cappuyns L, Stubbington Y, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Acute Management of Thermal Hand Burns in Adults

Introduction Advances in the evidence base of acute thermal hand burns help to guide the management of these common injuries. The aim of this literature review was to evaluate recent evidence in the field over 10 years. Methods The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocols methodology was used..

Published: 05/03/2021
Authors: Dargan D, Stubbington Y, Shokrollahi K

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Data from national media reports of ‘Acid attacks’ in England: A new piece in the Jigsaw

Introduction There has been considerable concern in the UK with what seems to have been an increase in so-called ‘Acid Attacks’. The key data sources (Police data, Hospital admissions and Burns unit data) have limitations in capturing the acid attacks comprehensively. Incidents not reported to the police are missed in..

Published: 23/12/2019
Authors: Nagarajan M, Mohamed S, Asmar O, Stubbington Y, George S, Shokrollahi K

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EP282 Revising the RCA; Streamlining Root- Cause Analyses for bacteraemias on ITU

Abstract Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality within the Intensive care environment.1 Over the last 3 decades, the recognition of sepsis has greatly improved and blood cultures form an integral part of both diagnosis and management. At the authors’ institution, any detected bacteraemia is examined through a process of Root..

Published: 13/08/2019
Authors: Saunders R, Clark S, Stubbington Y, Tridente A

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EP265 De- Bugging ITU; What to do with a positive blood culture. Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Abstract Positive blood cultures form a cornerstone in the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. Falsely positive blood cultures due to contamination pose a significant clinical conundrum for the treating clinician. We aimed to develop a tool to aid decision making in the process of distinguishing the postive from the false..

Published: 13/08/2019
Authors: Saunders R, Clark S, Tridente A, Stubbington Y

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P3. What have Clinical Librarians ever done for us? A case study with a Regional Burns Service

Introduction In August 2016 a Clinical Librarian service was established for the first time in the Trust. In November 2016 the Clinical Librarian received a request to work with the Regional Burns Service with the purpose of fulfilling two aims: To increase the use of evidence based literature in their everyday practice..

Published: 08/05/2019
Authors: Stubbington Y, Shokrollahi K

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