title: International Disease Burden of Hand Burns: Perspective from the Global Health Arena.
abstract: Measuring the extent and impact of a health problem is key to being able to address it appropriately. This review uses available information within the framework of the Global Burden of Disease studies to estimate the disease burden due to burn injuries of the hands. The GBD indicates that since 1990 there has been an approximately 30% decrease in the disease burden related to burn injuries. The GBD methods have not been applied specifically to hand burns, but from available data, it is estimated that about 18 million people in the world suffer from sequelae of burns to the hands.
authors.affiliation: Resurge International, 145 Wolfe Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA; St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital, 1700 Medical Center Parkway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129, USA. Electronic address: scorlew@post.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Corlew
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt Global Anesthesia Fellowship, Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health & Development, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1301 Medical Center Drive, MCE 3161C, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt Global Anesthesia Fellowship, Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health & Development, Affiliate Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1301 Medical Center Drive, MCE 3161C, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
authors.forename: K A Kelly
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: McQueen
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D014943:Global Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Burden of disease; Burn contractures; Global surgery; Hand burns