Postburn Abdominal Pain of Gastrointestinal Origin: A Scoping Review

Summary:. After burn injury, patients may have abdominal pain due to several causes and etiologies, some of which could be life-threatening, including pancreatitis, stress ulcers, Clostridium difficile infection, and so forth. This pain sometimes poses a major diagnostic challenge. This scoping revi...

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Main Authors: Amjad Soltany, MD, Munawar Hraib, MD, Shant Apelian, MD, Alin Mallouhy, MD, Edwar Kounsselie, MD, Souliman Diab, MD
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2024-11-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006300
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Shant Apelian, MD
Alin Mallouhy, MD
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Souliman Diab, MD
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description Summary:. After burn injury, patients may have abdominal pain due to several causes and etiologies, some of which could be life-threatening, including pancreatitis, stress ulcers, Clostridium difficile infection, and so forth. This pain sometimes poses a major diagnostic challenge. This scoping review is the first reported review to address and discuss this entity of patients after burn injury in abdominal pain of gastrointestinal origin. A scoping review of PubMed, Google Scholar, and other electronic research sites was performed. All relevant articles of any study design were included in this review. Variables included in this study were sex distribution, age, related total burn surface area, incidence rate, characteristics of pain, diagnosis, management, outcomes, and mortality rate. The medical literature identified 114 articles. According to our inclusion criteria, 91 articles were reviewed in this article. Through these articles, we reviewed in detail the characteristics of postburn abdominal pain, the relevant diseases responsible for this complaint, the epidemiologic features of these diseases, and potential management approaches aiming to help burn specialists in making earlier diagnosis and, thus, timely treatment. Early recognition of postburn abdominal pain, as well as timely diagnosis and treatment, play a significant role in prognosis and mortality. Thus, it is extremely important for burn specialists and plastic surgeons to thoroughly investigate postburn abdominal pain. Also, one of the aims of this review was to shed light on the important role of the multidisciplinary team in burn patient management to improve the prognosis.
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spelling doaj-art-a75c82572f224dd89731896bc4cf3bf02025-08-20T01:53:25ZengWolters KluwerPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open2169-75742024-11-011211e630010.1097/GOX.0000000000006300202411000-00036Postburn Abdominal Pain of Gastrointestinal Origin: A Scoping ReviewAmjad Soltany, MD0Munawar Hraib, MD1Shant Apelian, MD2Alin Mallouhy, MD3Edwar Kounsselie, MD4Souliman Diab, MD5From the * Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Al Mouwasat University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic† Department of Oncology, Al-Bairuni University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic‡ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tishreen University Hospital, Latakia, Syrian Arab Republic§ Department of Radiology, Tishreen University Hospital, Latakia, Syrian Arab Republic¶ Faculty of Medicine, Tishreen University Hospital, Latakia, Syrian Arab Republic∥ Department of Internal Medicine, Tishreen University Hospital, Latakia, Syrian Arab Republic.Summary:. After burn injury, patients may have abdominal pain due to several causes and etiologies, some of which could be life-threatening, including pancreatitis, stress ulcers, Clostridium difficile infection, and so forth. This pain sometimes poses a major diagnostic challenge. This scoping review is the first reported review to address and discuss this entity of patients after burn injury in abdominal pain of gastrointestinal origin. A scoping review of PubMed, Google Scholar, and other electronic research sites was performed. All relevant articles of any study design were included in this review. Variables included in this study were sex distribution, age, related total burn surface area, incidence rate, characteristics of pain, diagnosis, management, outcomes, and mortality rate. The medical literature identified 114 articles. According to our inclusion criteria, 91 articles were reviewed in this article. Through these articles, we reviewed in detail the characteristics of postburn abdominal pain, the relevant diseases responsible for this complaint, the epidemiologic features of these diseases, and potential management approaches aiming to help burn specialists in making earlier diagnosis and, thus, timely treatment. Early recognition of postburn abdominal pain, as well as timely diagnosis and treatment, play a significant role in prognosis and mortality. Thus, it is extremely important for burn specialists and plastic surgeons to thoroughly investigate postburn abdominal pain. Also, one of the aims of this review was to shed light on the important role of the multidisciplinary team in burn patient management to improve the prognosis.http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006300
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Postburn Abdominal Pain of Gastrointestinal Origin: A Scoping Review
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
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