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Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review
The financial burden of burn injuries has a considerable impact on patients and healthcare systems. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have demonstrated their utility in the improvement of clinical practice and healthcare systems. Because referral centres for burn injuries cover large...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9968161/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043161 |
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author | García-Díaz, Antonio Vilardell-Roig, Lluís Novillo-Ortiz, David Gacto-Sánchez, Purificación Pereyra-Rodríguez, José Juan Saigí-Rubió, Francesc |
author_facet | García-Díaz, Antonio Vilardell-Roig, Lluís Novillo-Ortiz, David Gacto-Sánchez, Purificación Pereyra-Rodríguez, José Juan Saigí-Rubió, Francesc |
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description | The financial burden of burn injuries has a considerable impact on patients and healthcare systems. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have demonstrated their utility in the improvement of clinical practice and healthcare systems. Because referral centres for burn injuries cover large geographic areas, many specialists must find new strategies, including telehealth tools for patient evaluation, teleconsultation, and remote monitoring. This systematic review was performed according to PRISMA guidelines. PubMed, Cochrane, Medline, IBECS, and LILACS were the search engines used. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, clinical trials, and observational studies were included in the study search. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO with the number CRD42022361137. In total, 37 of 185 studies queried for this study were eligible for the systematic review. Thirty studies were comparative observational studies, six were systematic reviews, and one was a randomised clinical trial. Studies suggest that telehealth allows better perception of triage, more accurate estimation of the TBSA, and resuscitation measures in the management of acute burns. In addition, some studies assess that TH tools are equivalent to face-to-face outpatient visits and cost-efficient because of transport savings and unnecessary referrals. However, more studies are required to provide significant evidence. However, the implementation of telehealth should be specifically adapted to each territory. |
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spelling | pubmed-99681612023-02-27 Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review García-Díaz, Antonio Vilardell-Roig, Lluís Novillo-Ortiz, David Gacto-Sánchez, Purificación Pereyra-Rodríguez, José Juan Saigí-Rubió, Francesc Int J Environ Res Public Health Systematic Review The financial burden of burn injuries has a considerable impact on patients and healthcare systems. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have demonstrated their utility in the improvement of clinical practice and healthcare systems. Because referral centres for burn injuries cover large geographic areas, many specialists must find new strategies, including telehealth tools for patient evaluation, teleconsultation, and remote monitoring. This systematic review was performed according to PRISMA guidelines. PubMed, Cochrane, Medline, IBECS, and LILACS were the search engines used. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, clinical trials, and observational studies were included in the study search. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO with the number CRD42022361137. In total, 37 of 185 studies queried for this study were eligible for the systematic review. Thirty studies were comparative observational studies, six were systematic reviews, and one was a randomised clinical trial. Studies suggest that telehealth allows better perception of triage, more accurate estimation of the TBSA, and resuscitation measures in the management of acute burns. In addition, some studies assess that TH tools are equivalent to face-to-face outpatient visits and cost-efficient because of transport savings and unnecessary referrals. However, more studies are required to provide significant evidence. However, the implementation of telehealth should be specifically adapted to each territory. MDPI 2023-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9968161/ /pubmed/36833860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043161 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Systematic Review García-Díaz, Antonio Vilardell-Roig, Lluís Novillo-Ortiz, David Gacto-Sánchez, Purificación Pereyra-Rodríguez, José Juan Saigí-Rubió, Francesc Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review |
title | Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Utility of Telehealth Platforms Applied to Burns Management: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | utility of telehealth platforms applied to burns management: a systematic review |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9968161/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043161 |
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