Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Male or Female aged 18 or older
- * Second-degree burn wounds of less than 20% total body surface area (TBSA)
- * No active wound infection at screening based on clinical criteria
- * Able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Wounds determined by study clinicians to be ineligible, including those that may inhibit access to the spleen for the ultrasound procedure
- * Participating in another research study that may affect the conduct of results of this study
- * BMI \> 30
- * Having or exhibiting any of the following:
- * Previous surgery of the spleen, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, or liver, including splenectomy
- * End stage renal disease and/or uremia
- * Active malignancy
- * Previous leukemia and/or lymphoma
- * Human immunodeficiency virus infection or AIDS
- * Rheumatoid arthritis or other immune-mediated diseases (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease
- * Arrythmias, including but not limited to, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, clinically significant bradycardia, ventricular arrhythmias, and A-V block
- * Implanted pacemaker or cardioverter/debribrillator
- * History of unstable angina, angioplasty or coronary arterial by-pass grafting surgery
- * History of stroke or TIA
- * Untreated thrombosis or bleeding disorders
- * Currently implanted vagus nerve stimulator
- * Currently implanted spinal cord stimulator or other chronically implanted electronic device
- * Receiving oral, topical, rectal, or parenteral corticosteroids in an unstable dose 4 weeks prior to baseline visit
- * Any immunosuppressive or cytotoxic medications
- * Clinically relevant history of alcohol or drug abuse as determined by the investigator including:
- * alcohol consumption within 4 days of the baseline visit
- * tobacco or nicotine product use within the past 1 month
- * recreational drug use within the past 1 month
- * Pregnant or breast feeding
- * Unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures
- * Have recently (within 3 months) been diagnosed with COVID, or have ever been diagnosed with long COVID
- * Have an autoimmune disorder, such as, rheumatoid arthritis or lupus
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes