Peritraumatic Vitamin D Levels Predict Chronic Pain Severity and Contribute to Racial Differences in Pain Outcomes Following Major Thermal Burn Injury.

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Citation: Journal of Burn Care & Research. 42(6):1186-1191, 2021 11 24.PMID: 33564878Institution: MedStar Health Research InstituteDepartment: Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research LaboratoryForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal ArticleSubject headings: *Burns/bl [Blood] | *Burns/eh [Ethnology] | *Pain Measurement/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data] | *Race Factors/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data] | *Vitamin D Deficiency/bl [Blood] | *Vitamin D Deficiency/eh [Ethnology] | Cross-Sectional Studies | Female | Humans | Male | Prevalence | Risk Assessment | Risk Factors | United States | Wound Infection/et [Etiology]Year: 2021Local holdings: Available online through MWHC library: 2006 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 2006 - presentISSN:
  • 1559-047X
Name of journal: Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn AssociationAbstract: Major thermal burn injuries result in approximately 40,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year. Chronic pain affects up to 60% of burn survivors, and Black Americans have worse chronic pain outcomes than White Americans. Mechanisms of chronic pain pathogenesis after burn injury, and accounting for these racial differences, remain poorly understood. Due to socioeconomic disadvantage and differences in skin absorption, Black Americans have an increased prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency. We hypothesized that peritraumatic Vitamin D levels predict chronic pain outcomes after burn injury and contribute to racial differences in pain outcomes. Among burn survivors (n = 77, 52% White, 48% Black, 77% male), peritraumatic Vitamin D levels were more likely to be deficient in Blacks vs Whites (27/37 [73%] vs 14/40 [35%], P < .001). Peritraumatic Vitamin D levels were inversely associated with chronic post-burn pain outcomes across all burn injury survivors, including those who were and were not Vitamin D deficient, and accounted for approximately one-third of racial differences in post-burn pain outcome. Future studies are needed to evaluate potential mechanisms mediating the effect of Vitamin D on post-burn pain outcomes and the potential efficacy of Vitamin D in improving pain outcomes and reducing racial differences. Copyright (c) The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].All authors: Barton CE, Cairns BA, Jones SW, Karlnoski R, Mauck MC, McGrath KV, McLean SA, Shupp JW, Smith DJ, Tungate A, Williams FNOriginally published: Journal of Burn Care & Research. 42(6):1186-1191, 2021 Nov 24.Fiscal year: FY2022Digital Object Identifier: Date added to catalog: 2021-02-18
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Major thermal burn injuries result in approximately 40,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year. Chronic pain affects up to 60% of burn survivors, and Black Americans have worse chronic pain outcomes than White Americans. Mechanisms of chronic pain pathogenesis after burn injury, and accounting for these racial differences, remain poorly understood. Due to socioeconomic disadvantage and differences in skin absorption, Black Americans have an increased prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency. We hypothesized that peritraumatic Vitamin D levels predict chronic pain outcomes after burn injury and contribute to racial differences in pain outcomes. Among burn survivors (n = 77, 52% White, 48% Black, 77% male), peritraumatic Vitamin D levels were more likely to be deficient in Blacks vs Whites (27/37 [73%] vs 14/40 [35%], P < .001). Peritraumatic Vitamin D levels were inversely associated with chronic post-burn pain outcomes across all burn injury survivors, including those who were and were not Vitamin D deficient, and accounted for approximately one-third of racial differences in post-burn pain outcome. Future studies are needed to evaluate potential mechanisms mediating the effect of Vitamin D on post-burn pain outcomes and the potential efficacy of Vitamin D in improving pain outcomes and reducing racial differences. Copyright (c) The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].

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