Burns
General Surgery · Topic 4
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume III · General Surgery · Topic 4 · combined PDF page 403
Practice questions
- Which methodological approach was used to develop the Japanese Dermatological Association's third edition of burn management guidelines?
- Which set of topics was specifically evaluated through meta-analyses in the third edition of the Japanese burn guidelines?
- A trainee is asked to name the broad domains covered by the third edition of the Japanese burn guidelines. Which response best matches the guideline description?
- A clinician preparing for remote burn care consults the Wilderness Medical Society guideline. Which group of topics is within its stated scope?
- In a wilderness setting, a team is planning how to obtain expert input and arrange onward care for a patient with a burn. Which two topics are explicitly included in the Wilderness Medical Society guideline?
- Which statement about the 2025 Wilderness Medical Society burn guideline is supported by the supplied evidence?
- A patient sustains burns and multiple fractures in a high-energy incident. Which overall approach is most consistent with the supplied review of serious burns associated with fractures?
- Which mechanism is most consistent with the reported association of serious burns and fractures?
- After an ocular burn, a patient develops corneal damage due to loss of the limbal corneal stem-cell population. Which complication pathway is described in the supplied review?
- A patient has persistent limbal stem-cell deficiency after an ocular burn. Which regenerative treatment is specifically discussed in the supplied review?
- Which statement best characterizes abdominal compartment syndrome in a patient with a burn injury?
- A burn center is designing a burn-specific algorithm for raised intra-abdominal pressure. Which sequence of management domains is included in the published algorithm?
- Why may tangential excision be challenging in a deep thermal burn with opaque eschar, according to the systematic review of bromelain-based debridement?
- In the primary patient-level meta-analysis of bromelain-based enzymatic debridement versus standard care, how many trials and patients contributed?
- In randomized evidence comparing bromelain-based enzymatic debridement with standard care, what was the pooled relative risk of requiring surgical excision?
- Which combination of outcomes was associated with bromelain-based enzymatic debridement in the randomized-trial meta-analysis?
- Which limitation was identified as the principal potential source of bias in the randomized trials of bromelain-based enzymatic debridement?
- A burn team considers bromelain-based enzymatic debridement based on the available randomized evidence. Which patient group most closely matches the review's stated scope for the demonstrated benefit?
- A systematic review evaluates negative-pressure wound therapy for partial- and full-thickness burns in humans. What evidence base did it include?
- Which outcome was most frequently assessed in studies of negative-pressure wound therapy for partial- and full-thickness burns?
- Which statement best summarizes the reported findings and limitations of NPWT in burns?
- A meta-analysis evaluates virtual-reality and robot-assisted technologies for limb rehabilitation after burns. How many randomized trials and patients were included?
- Which functional outcomes were significantly improved by advanced technology-assisted rehabilitation in the burn meta-analysis?
- In subgroup analyses of advanced technology-assisted burn rehabilitation, how did range-of-motion improvement compare between upper and lower limbs?
- Which additional outcomes were reported to improve with advanced technology-assisted burn rehabilitation?
- A clinician reviews the pooled Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand score after technology-assisted burn rehabilitation. Which interpretation is supported by the meta-analysis?