Accuracy of infrared thermography evaluation in burn wound healing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Wound Care
; 33(Sup4a): cxviii-cxxix, 2024 Apr 02.
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| ID: mdl-38588060
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Accurate assessment of burn depth and burn wound healing potential is essential to determine early treatments. Infrared thermography (IRT) is a non-invasive and objective tool to do this. This systematic review evaluated the accuracy of IRT to determine burn wound healing potential.METHOD:
This systematic review and meta-analysis used MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PEDro, DiTA and CENTRAL databases. IRT data were extracted from primary studies and categorised into four cells (i.e., true positives, false positives, true negatives and false negatives). Subgroup analysis was performed according to methods used to capture thermal images.RESULTS:
The search strategy identified 2727 publications; however, 15 articles were selected for review and 11 for meta-analysis. In our meta-analysis, the accuracy of IRT was 84.8% (63% sensitivity and 81.9% specificity).CONCLUSION:
IRT is a moderately accurate tool to identify burn depth and healing potential. Thus, IRT should be used carefully for evaluating burn wounds.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Queimaduras
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Termografia
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Wound Care
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil