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K S A, Kumar P, Subair M, Sharma RK. Effect of single dose intravenous tranexamic acid on blood loss in tangential excision of burn wounds - A double blind randomised controlled trial. Burns 2021; 48:1311-1318. [PMID: 34952736 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This study was carried out to evaluate role of intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing blood loss during tangential excision of burns. METHODS This was a single center, prospective double-blinded parallel arm superiority randomized placebo-controlled trial. Patients (15-55 years) with deep dermal thermal burns <30% undergoing tangential excision were randomly assigned (1:1) to TXA and placebo groups. Patients in TXA and placebo groups received injection TXA 15 mg/kg and 10 ml saline respectively, 10 min preoperatively. Primary outcome was volume of blood loss per square centimeter area of burn excised. Secondary outcomes were total volume of blood loss, postoperative hemoglobin, intraoperative fluid requirement, blood transfusion, graft take and length of hospitalization (LOH). RESULTS Thirty patients were included. Both groups were comparable in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI) preoperative hemoglobin, area of burn excised, duration of surgery and the intraoperative temperature. The average blood loss per square centimeter burn area excised was found to be significantly lower in TXA when compared to placebo group (mean difference: 0.28 ± 0.025 ml/cm2; p = 0.000). The total volume of blood loss was lower in TXA group (258.7 ± 124.10 ml vs 388.1 ± 173.9 ml; p = 0.07). None of the patients required transfusion. The requirement of intra-operative fluids was similar between the two groups (crystalloids: p = 0.236; colloids: p = 0.238). Postoperative hemoglobin, length of hospitalization and graft-take were comparable between the two groups. CONCLUSION TXA reduced blood loss per unit burn area of tangential excision in <30%TBSA burn, however, we found no significant effect on postoperative Hb and transfusion.
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- Ajai K S
- Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
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- Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
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- Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
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Ring J, Heinelt M, Sharma S, Letourneau S, Jeschke MG. Oxandrolone in the Treatment of Burn Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Burn Care Res 2021; 41:190-199. [PMID: 31504621 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irz155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Severe burns induce a profound hypermetabolic response, leading to a prolonged state of catabolism associated with organ dysfunction and delay of wound healing. Oxandrolone, a synthetic testosterone analog, may alleviate the hypermetabolic catabolic state thereby decreasing associated morbidity. However, current literature has reported mixed outcomes on complications following Oxandrolone use, specifically liver and lung function. We conducted an updated systematic review and meta-analysis studying the effects of Oxandrolone on mortality, length of hospital stay, progressive liver dysfunction, and nine secondary outcomes. We searched Pubmed, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Cochrane Databases of Systematic Reviews and Randomized Controlled Trials. Thirty-one randomized control trials and observational studies were included. Basic science and animal studies were excluded. Only studies comparing Oxandrolone to standard of care, or placebo, were included. Oxandrolone did not affect rates of mortality (relative risk [RR]: 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.47 to 1.08; P = .11) or progressive liver dysfunction (RR: 1.04; 95% CI: 0.59 to 1.85; P = .88), but did decrease length of stay in hospital. Oxandrolone significantly increased weight regain, bone mineral density, percent lean body mass, and decreased wound healing time for donor graft sites. Oxandrolone did not change the incidence of transient liver dysfunction or mechanical ventilation requirements. There is evidence to suggest that Oxandrolone is a beneficial adjunct to the acute care of burn patients; shortening hospital stays and improving several growth and wound healing parameters. It does not appear that Oxandrolone increases the risk of progressive or transient liver injury, although monitoring liver enzymes is recommended.
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- Justine Ring
- School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.,Undergraduate Medical Education, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.,Undergraduate Medical Education, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.,Undergraduate Medical Education, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.,Undergraduate Medical Education, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Biological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ring J, Castanov V, McLaren C, Hajjar AEJ, Jeschke MG. Scientific Impact and Clinical Influence: Identifying Landmark Studies in Burns. J Burn Care Res 2020; 41:1240-1252. [PMID: 32479625 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraa083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Although many reviews describe significant advances in burn care, no studies have yet examined why these papers had such profound impact. Our objective was to identify the most highly cited, as well as the most clinically influential studies in burns, and describe their characteristics, to inform future research in the field. Web of Science was searched using keywords related to burns to identify the 100 most-cited burns papers. Study design, year and journal of publication, and subject of the paper were recorded. A mixed-methods approach was used to identify papers in burn research leading to change in clinical practice. Characteristics of these papers were compared with identify any factors predictive of future citations or clinical influence. The 100 highly cited papers were cited between 159 and 907 times. There was no correlation between total citations and journal impact factor, year of publication, or subject area. Level of evidence did not predict future citations or influence, but may be influenced by evolving research standards. Of 23 clinically influential studies, 6 were not among 100 most-cited. Using papers only from the 100 most-cited list was not sufficient to identify leading researchers in burns. Citation analysis is a beneficial, however not alone sufficient to identify landmark papers, particularly for multidisciplinary fields such as burns.
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- Justine Ring
- Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute and Ross-Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Divisions of Plastic Surgery and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Suresh MR, Rizzo JA, Sosnov JA, Stacey WN, Howard JT, Tercero JR, Babcock EH, Stewart IJ. Assessing the NephroCheck® Test System in Predicting the Risk of Death or Dialysis in Burn Patients. J Burn Care Res 2020; 41:633-639. [PMID: 31960038 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraa008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high mortality in burn patients. Urinary biomarkers can aid in the prediction of AKI and its consequences, such as death and the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT). The purpose of this study was to investigate a novel methodology for detecting urinary biomarkers, the NephroCheck® Test System, and assess its ability to predict death or the need for RRT in burn patients. Burn patients admitted to the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) burn intensive care unit were prospectively enrolled between March 2016 and April 2018. A urine sample was obtained from all study participants using the NephroCheck® system. Patient and injury characteristics were gathered, and descriptive statistics were calculated and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed using these data. Of the 69 patients in this study, 15 patients (21.7%) attained the composite outcome of death or needing RRT within 30 days of urine collection. NephroCheck® scores were higher for patients with the composite outcome, with P = 0.06 for centrifuged scores and P = 0.04 for noncentrifuged scores. Centrifuged and noncentrifuged scores were in high agreement and correlation (R2 = 0.97, P < 0.0001). Noncentrifuged scores were significant in the unadjusted analysis, but they were not significant in the adjusted analysis. Although these scores had a lower sensitivity and negative predictive value compared with other parameters, they had the second highest specificity and positive predictive value. NephroCheck® scores were higher in burn patients with the composite outcome of death or needing RRT, and they demonstrated comparable sensitivity and specificity to creatinine and TBSA.
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- Mithun R Suresh
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas.,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Clinical Investigation, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas
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- Department of Public Health, College for Health, Community and Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.,Joint Trauma System, Defense Health Agency, United States Department of Defense, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas
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- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.,David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California
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Yaacobi DS, Hayun Y, Har-Shai L, Litwin A, Ad-El DD. Epidemiology of Burn Wounds Arriving to a Level 1 Trauma Center in Israel. J Burn Care Res 2020; 41:317-321. [PMID: 31504618 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irz160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Burn injuries have grave consequences for patients and impose a heavy economic burden on healthcare services. Studies on the epidemiology of burn injury in Israel are sparse and outdated, and improved understanding of current trends can help experts plan prevention campaigns and design effective treatment paradigms. This study sought to assess the background, clinical, and treatment characteristics of adult patients admitted with burn injury to a level 1 trauma center in Israel in 2005 to 2017. Data were retrospectively retrieved from the hard copy and electronic files as follows: patient sex and age; burn type, degree, and etiology; percentage total BSA (%TBSA) affected; and type of treatment and length of hospital stay (LOS). The cohort included 734 patients of mean age 41.79 years and a male-to-female ratio of 1.8:1. Thermal factors, particularly hot liquids, were the most common cause; second-degree burns were the most common. Mean %TBSA was 5.39%; mean LOS was 11.81 days; and mean LOS/%TBSA was 4.65. Advanced dressings alone yielded satisfactory outcome in 74.2% of patients. The relatively younger patient age and male predominance of our cohort were in line with published findings. The LOS was similar to previous studies in Israel but lower than in Europe. The LOS/%TBSA was higher than in the literature, with a decrease over time suggesting an increased effectiveness of treatment. There appears to be a decline in the rate of surgery for burn injury and increased expertise in the use of advanced dressings. National prevention campaigns should focus on scalds rather than flame-induced burns.
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- Dafna Shilo Yaacobi
- Medical corps, Israel Defense Forces, Rabin Medical Center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Plastic Surgery & Burns, Rabin Medical Center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Plastic Surgery & Burns, Rabin Medical Center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Plastic Surgery & Burns, Rabin Medical Center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Plastic Surgery & Burns, Rabin Medical Center, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Health-related quality of life in children after burn injuries: A systematic review. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2018; 85:1110-1118. [DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Olawoye OA, Iyun AO, Ademola SA, Michael AI, Oluwatosin OM. Demographic characteristics and prognostic indicators of childhood burn in a developing country. Burns 2014; 40:1794-8. [PMID: 24933574 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Revised: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Children constitute a significant proportion of burn victims in most studies from the developing countries. While there has been a progressive improvement in the outcome from childhood burn in many developed nations, the morbidity and mortality remains high in many low and middle income countries. The aim of our study is to evaluate the demographic characteristics and prognostic indicators of childhood burn in a major referral teaching hospital in a developing country. A review of the records of 638 patients with acute burns managed over a 10-year period from January 2001 to December 2010 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan Nigeria was done. The clinical and epidemiological data were retrieved from computerized data base using the ISBI proforma. Information obtained includes Biodata, Etiology, location, TBSA, presence of Inhalation injury and the treatment outcome. Data of patients aged 16 years and below were analyzed using the SPSS version 16. The main outcome measure was the patient's survival. 289 children representing 45.3% of the total number of burn patients were managed over the period. The M:F ratio was 1.1:1. The median age of the cohort was 4.0 years while the median TBSA was 21.0%. Non-intentional causes were responsible for 89.6% cases. Most of the injuries (88.6%) occurred at home. Eighty-three patients had inhalation injury out of which 57 (68.7%) deaths were recorded. The overall mortality rate in the cohort was 39.5% with an LA50 of burn size of 45%. The TBSA was also found to be a determinant of outcome. Majority of childhood burns are from preventable causes with attendant dismal mortality figures. Effective burn prevention strategies and improved quality of care remain pivotal in reducing childhood burn morbidity and mortality in the developing countries.
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- O A Olawoye
- Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Elkafssaoui S, Hami H, Mrabet M, Bouaiti E, Tourabi K, Quyou A, Soulaymani A, Ihrai H. Facteurs prédictifs de mortalité des brûlés : étude sur 221 adultes hospitalisés entre 2004 et 2009. ANN CHIR PLAST ESTH 2014; 59:189-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Richards WT, Richards WA, Miggins M, Liu H, Mozingo DW, Ang DN. Predicting resource utilization of elderly burn patients in the baby boomer era. Am J Surg 2012; 205:29-34. [PMID: 23017253 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Census predictions for Florida suggest a 3-fold increase in the 65 and older population within 20 years. We predict resource utilization for burn patients in this age group. METHODS Using the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration admission dataset, we evaluated the effect of age on length of stay, hospital charges, and discharge disposition while adjusting for clinical and demographic factors. Using US Census Bureau data and burn incidence rates from this dataset, we estimated future resource use. RESULTS Elderly patients were discharged to home less often and were discharged to short-term general hospitals, intermediate-care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities more often than the other age groups (P < .05). They also required home health care and intravenous medications significantly more often (P < .05). Their length of stay was longer, and total hospital charges were greater (P < .05) after adjusting for sex, race, Charleson comorbidity index, payer, total body surface area burned, and burn center treatment. CONCLUSIONS Our data show an age-dependent increase in the use of posthospitalization resources, the length of stay, and the total charges for elderly burn patients.
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- Winston T Richards
- Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, PO Box 100286, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Tuvdendorj D, Chinkes DL, Zhang XJ, Aarsland A, Herndon DN. Donor site wound protein synthesis correlates with length of acute hospitalization in severely burned children. Wound Repair Regen 2010; 18:277-83. [PMID: 20412556 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475x.2010.00584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Autografting of burn wounds results in generation of donor site wounds. Here we measured donor site wound protein fractional synthesis rate (FSR) in a burn pediatric population and showed that FSR increases over time postsurgery and correlates with the length of hospital stay (LOS) normalized for total body surface area (TBSA) burn size. 3.9 +/- 1.1 days after the grafting surgery patients participated in a metabolic study consisting of continuous infusion of l-[ring-(2)H(5)]-phenylalanine and donor site wound punch biopsies. Donor site wound protein FSR was 10.4 +/- 7.5%/day. Wound FSR demonstrated linear correlation with the time postsurgery (p<0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that LOS/TBSA correlated with donor site wound protein FSR and time postsurgery (p<0.001) and the following equation describes the relationship: estimated LOS/TBSA=(FSR-12.95-1.414 x postsurgery day)/(-17.8). This equation predicted that FSR corrected for the postsurgery day when the metabolic study was conducted accounted for 67% of the variability (r(2)=0.673) in the LOS/TBSA. Donor site wound protein FSR correlated to LOS/TBSA of burn patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Measurement of protein deposition in regenerating donor site wound using stable isotope technique provides a quantitative measure of wound healing.
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- Demidmaa Tuvdendorj
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550-1220, USA
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Patient Safety Measures in Burn Care: Do National Reporting Systems Accurately Reflect Quality of Burn Care? J Burn Care Res 2010; 31:125-9. [DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e3181cb8d00] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Flierl MA, Stahel PF, Touban BM, Beauchamp KM, Morgan SJ, Smith WR, Ipaktchi KR. Bench-to-bedside review: Burn-induced cerebral inflammation--a neglected entity? CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2009; 13:215. [PMID: 19638180 PMCID: PMC2717412 DOI: 10.1186/cc7794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Severe burn injury remains a major burden on patients and healthcare systems. Following severe burns, the injured tissues mount a local inflammatory response aiming to restore homeostasis. With excessive burn load, the immune response becomes disproportionate and patients may develop an overshooting systemic inflammatory response, compromising multiple physiological barriers in the lung, kidney, liver, and brain. If the blood–brain barrier is breached, systemic inflammatory molecules and phagocytes readily enter the brain and activate sessile cells of the central nervous system. Copious amounts of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species, proteases, cytokines/chemokines, and complement proteins are being released by these inflammatory cells, resulting in additional neuronal damage and life-threatening cerebral edema. Despite the correlation between cerebral complications in severe burn victims with mortality, burn-induced neuroinflammation continues to fly under the radar as an underestimated entity in the critically ill burn patient. In this paper, we illustrate the molecular events leading to blood–brain barrier breakdown, with a focus on the subsequent neuroinflammatory changes leading to cerebral edema in patients with severe burns.
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- Michael A Flierl
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80204, USA.
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Williams FN, Jeschke MG, Chinkes DL, Suman OE, Branski LK, Herndon DN. Modulation of the hypermetabolic response to trauma: temperature, nutrition, and drugs. J Am Coll Surg 2009; 208:489-502. [PMID: 19476781 PMCID: PMC3775552 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Felicia N Williams
- Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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Development and validation of a model for prediction of mortality in patients with acute burn injury. Br J Surg 2009; 96:111-7. [PMID: 19109825 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective was to develop a user-friendly model to predict the probability of death from acute burns soon after injury, based on burned surface area, age and presence of inhalation injury. METHODS This population-based cohort study included all burned patients admitted to one of the six Belgian burn centres. Data from 1999 to 2003 (5246 patients) were used to develop a mortality prediction model, and data from 2004 (981 patients) were used for validation. RESULTS Mortality in the derivation cohort was 4.6 per cent. A mortality score (0-10 points) was devised: 0-4 points according to the percentage of burned surface area (less than 20, 20-39, 40-59, 60-79 or at least 80 per cent), 0-3 points according to age (under 50, 50-64, 65-79 or at least 80 years) and 3 points for the presence of an inhalation injury. Mortality in the validation cohort was 4.3 per cent. The model predicted 40 deaths, and 42 deaths were observed (P = 0.950). Receiver-operator characteristic curve analysis of the model for prediction of mortality demonstrated an area under the curve of 0.94 (95 per cent confidence interval 0.90 to 0.97). CONCLUSION An accurate model was developed to predict the probability of death from acute burn injury based on simple and objective clinical criteria.
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Pham TN, Kramer CB, Wang J, Rivara FP, Heimbach DM, Gibran NS, Klein MB. Epidemiology and outcomes of older adults with burn injury: an analysis of the National Burn Repository. J Burn Care Res 2009; 30:30-6. [PMID: 19060727 PMCID: PMC3042349 DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e3181921efc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Improvements in outcomes for older adults sustaining burn injuries have lagged far behind those of younger patients. As this segment of the population grows, there has been an increasing interest in better understanding the epidemiology and outcomes of injury in older adults. The National Burn Repository (NBR) provides a unique opportunity to examine burn injuries on a national level. We aimed to characterize specific injury and outcome trends in older adult with burns through analysis of the NBR. We examined the records of all patients in the NBR aged 55 and older. To characterize age effects on injury and outcomes, patients were stratified into three age categories: 55 to 64 years, 65 to 74 years, and 75 years and older. Baseline characteristics, details of hospital treatment, mortality, and disposition were compared among these three age groups using chi or analysis of variance. Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the impact of age on burn mortality. A total of 180,401 patient records were available from 1991 to 2005, of which 23,180 (14%) met age inclusion criteria. Mean burn size (9.6% TBSA) and percent with inhalation injury (11.3%) did not markedly differ by age. Men predominated overall (ratio 1.4:1), although women (4290) outnumbered men (3439) in the oldest age category. Length of stay per TBSA and median hospital charges increased with increasing age category, suggesting higher resource consumption with aging. Mean number of operations per patient, however, decreased with age. Mortality rates and discharge to nonindependent status increased with age. By logistic regression, the adjusted odds ratio for mortality was 2.3 (95% CI 2.1-2.7) in the 65 to 74 age group, and 5.4 (95% CI 4.8-6.1) in the oldest group when compared with the 55 to 64 age group. Mortality rates decreased significantly after 2001 across all age groups. This analysis demonstrates age-dependent differences in resource utilization and mortality risk within the older burn population and highlights the need for a national research agenda focused on management practices and outcomes in older adult with burns.
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- Tam N Pham
- Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Macedo JLSD, Santos JB. Predictive factors of mortality in burn patients. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2007; 49:365-70. [DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000600006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2007] [Accepted: 07/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Burn mortality statistics may be misleading unless they account properly for the many factors that can influence outcome. Such estimates are useful for patients and others making medical and financial decisions concerning their care. This study aimed to define the clinical, microbiological and laboratorial predictors of mortality with a view to focus on better burn care. Data were collected using independent variables, which were analyzed sequentially and cumulatively, employing univariate statistics and a pooled, cross-sectional, multivariate logistic regression to establish which variables better predict the probability of mortality. Survivors and non-survivors among burn patients were compared to define the predictive factors of mortality. Mortality rate was 5.0%. Higher age, larger burn area, presence of fungi in the wound, shorter length of stay and the presence of multi-resistant bacteria in the wound significantly predicted increased mortality. The authors conclude that those patients who are most apt to die are those with age > 50 years, with limited skin donor sites and those with multi-resistant bacteria and fungi in the wound.
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Klein MB, Lezotte DL, Fauerbach JA, Herndon DN, Kowalske KJ, Carrougher GJ, deLateur BJ, Holavanahalli R, Esselman PC, San Agustin TB, Engrav LH. The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Burn Model System Database: A Tool for the Multicenter Study of the Outcome of Burn Injury. J Burn Care Res 2007; 28:84-96. [PMID: 17211206 DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e31802c888e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Advances in critical care and surgical management have significantly improved survival after burn injury over the past several decades. However, today, survival alone is an insufficient outcome. In 1994, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) created a burn model system program to evaluate the long-term sequelae of burn injuries. As part of this multicenter program, a comprehensive demographic and outcome database was developed to facilitate the study of a number of functional and psychosocial outcomes after burns. The purpose of this study is to review the database design and structure as well as the data obtained during the last 10 years. This is a descriptive study of the NIDRR database structure as well as the patient data obtained from the four participating burn centers from 1994 to 2004. Data obtained during hospitalization and at 6, 12, and 24 months after discharge were reviewed and descriptive statistics were calculated for select database fields. The database is divided into several subsections, including demographics, injury complications, patient disposition, and functional and psychological surveys. A total of 4600 patients have been entered into the NIDRR database. To date, 3449 (75%) patients were alive at discharged and consented to follow-up data collection. The NIDRR database provides an expansive repository of patient, injury, and outcome data that can be used to analyze the impact of burn injury on physical and psychosocial function and for the design of interventions to enhance the quality of life of burn survivors.
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- Matthew B Klein
- Division of Plastic Surgery and the Burn Center, Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
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Franco MAH, Gonzáles NCJ, Díaz MEM, Pardo SV, Ospina S. Epidemiological and clinical profile of burn victims. Burns 2006; 32:1044-51. [PMID: 17045748 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2006] [Accepted: 03/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of the patients in the Burn Unit of the Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl (HUSVP) de Medellín, Colombia, from 1994-2004. METHODS Retrospective descriptive study of all pediatric and adult burn patients. The following were recorded: age, gender, cause, extent and severity of the burns, time in the hospital, operations, complications and death rate. Statistica 6.0 (Stafsoft Inc.) was used. RESULTS Two thousand three hundred and nineteen patients were admitted, 66.8% were males and 62.9% were less than 15 years old. Burns caused by scalding were the most frequent (45.9%) followed by flames (38.5%) The average burn area was 26.9%. Average hospital stay was 26.9 days. In 2004, 40.4% of the patients required surgery; 13.4% of the patients had complications. 7.4% of the patients died, with an average burn area of 62%; burns caused by flames accounted for 63% of the deaths. CONCLUSIONS There is a continuing improvement in hospital stay, survives burn sizes, with figures comparable to others without access to a tissue bank or skin cultivation.
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Meshulam-Derazon S, Nachumovsky S, Ad-El D, Sulkes J, Hauben DJ. Prediction of Morbidity and Mortality on Admission to a Burn Unit. Plast Reconstr Surg 2006; 118:116-20. [PMID: 16816682 DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000221111.89812.ad] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Improvements in burn care during the last two decades call for new prediction models of morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study was to identify parameters that are predictive of major morbidity factors and risk of mortality in patients with burn injury. METHODS The charts of 249 patients (236 survivors) aged 1 to 94 years who were treated for second- and third-degree burns from 1995 to 2002 were reviewed. A multivariate linear stepwise regression model was fitted to the data to predict length of hospitalization, length of operations, and mortality rate. RESULTS Survivors' mean burn size was 14 +/- 15 percent of the total body surface area (range, 5 to 90 percent), with a mean hospitalization time of 22.9 +/- 17.1 days and a mean operative time of 127.5 +/- 166.8 minutes. The prognostic factors in each of the regression models predicted 40 percent and 55 percent of the variance in length of hospital stay and operative time, respectively. Total body surface area alone explained most of the variance (29 percent and 44 percent, respectively). As a result, the authors created shorter formulas: Length of hospitalization (days) = 18 + [total body surface area]/3; Operative time (minutes) = 55 + 4[total body surface area]. Total body surface area and smoke inhalation were the only statistically significant predictors of death. Every 1 percent increase in total body surface area was associated with a 6 percent increase in mortality risk. The presence of smoke inhalation increased mortality risk by nine-fold. CONCLUSIONS Using objective measurements in burn treatment is of great importance. The formulas presented by the authors explain a considerable percentage of the probability of morbidity in burn victims. The authors suggest that other burn units develop their own statistically supported prediction models.
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- Sagit Meshulam-Derazon
- Department of Plastic Surgery and the Burn Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Brusselaers N, Hoste EAJ, Monstrey S, Colpaert KE, De Waele JJ, Vandewoude KH, Blot SI. Outcome and changes over time in survival following severe burns from 1985 to 2004. Intensive Care Med 2005; 31:1648-53. [PMID: 16220315 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2819-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate outcome in severely burned patients over a 20-year period and to evaluate survival over time. DESIGN AND SETTING Historical cohort in a six-bed burn unit of a 1060-bed university hospital. PATIENTS 1385 patients admitted to the burn unit over a 20-year period. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Outcome was evaluated in relation to the presence of three major risk factors for death: age 60 years or over, total burned surface area 40% or more, and the presence of inhalation injury. Overall mortality was 7.1%. When zero, one, two, or three risk factors were present, mortality was respectively 0.5%, 9.9%, 48.0%, and 90.5%. Over the study period the average proportional total burned surface area decreased as did mortality. The survival benefit was significant among patient groups with one or two risk factors present. Multivariate regression analysis adjusting for risk factors for death confirmed that survival improved over time (odds ratio 0.73 per 5-year period). CONCLUSIONS Global mortality following burns is low, and nearly all patients who die had at least one risk factor present. In the presence of three risk factors the prognosis following burns is particularly compromised. Taking into account that our patients over the past 20 years have been progressively less extensively burned and hence have a lesser at risk for death, survival following severe burns has continued to improve.
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- Nele Brusselaers
- Intensive Care Department, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Severe burn causes metabolic disturbances that can last for a year after injury; persistent and profound catabolism hampers rehabilitative efforts and delays the meaningful return of individuals to society. The simplest, effective anabolic strategies for severe burn injuries are: early excision and grafting of the wound; prompt treatment of sepsis; maintenance of environmental temperature at 30-32 degrees C; continuous feeding of a high carbohydrate, high protein diet, preferably by the enteral route; and early institution of vigorous and aerobic resistive exercise programmes. To further keep erosion of lean body mass to a minimum, administration of anabolic agents, recombinant human growth hormone, insulin, oxandrolone, or anticatabolic drugs such as propranolol are alternative approaches. Exogenous continuous low-dose insulin infusion, beta blockade with propranolol, and use of the synthetic testosterone analogue oxandrolone are the most cost effective and least toxic pharmacological treatments to date.
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- David N Herndon
- Shriners Hospital for Children, 815 Market Street, Galveston, TX 77550, USA.
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Chou SH, Lin SD, Chuang HY, Cheng YJ, Kao EL, Huang MF. Fiber-optic bronchoscopic classification of inhalation injury: prediction of acute lung injury. Surg Endosc 2004; 18:1377-9. [PMID: 15164282 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9234-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2003] [Accepted: 01/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fiber-optic bronchoscopy is widely used for the early diagnosis of inhalation injury. However, there is no current bronchoscopic classification of inhalation injury for the prediction of acute lung injury (ALI). Our goal was to devise such a classification. METHODS Between February 1993 and January 2002, 167 patients with highly suspicious inhalation injuries were collected. All patients received fiber-optic bronchoscopy within 24 h after their accident. In total, 108 patients were diagnosed as positive under direct inspection. The patients were divided into three groups (G(1), G(2), and G(3)) according to the depth of mucosal damage. Six patients were found to be positive by biopsy and were assigned to group Gb. Of these 114 positive cases, 27 developed ALI. Meanwhile, 53 patients were diagnosed as negative; these patients were assigned to group G(0). RESULTS After analysis, the following results were noted: G(0) (n = 53), two ALI (3.8%); G(1) (n = 49), two ALI (4%); G(2) (n = 46), 15 ALI (33%); G(3)(n = 13),10 ALI (77%); Gb (n = 6), no ALI. We discovered that the deeper the mucosal injuries, the higher the rate of ALI. There were no deaths related to the procedure. CONCLUSIONS Fiber-optic bronchoscopy is a safe and effective method for the early diagnosis of inhalation injuries. Also, it is a good predictor of ALL. We hope that in the near future, this classification will serve as a treatment guideline for the early prevention of ALI. The more severe the damage, the more alert clinicians need to be to improve the patient's chances for survival.
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- S H Chou
- Division of Chest Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih Chuan 1st Road, 80708, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Hart DW, Wolf SE, Chinkes DL, Beauford RB, Mlcak RP, Heggers JP, Wolfe RR, Herndon DN. Effects of early excision and aggressive enteral feeding on hypermetabolism, catabolism, and sepsis after severe burn. THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA 2003; 54:755-61; discussion 761-4. [PMID: 12707540 DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000060260.61478.a7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe burn induces a systemic hypermetabolic response, which includes increased energy expenditure, protein catabolism, and diminished immunity. We hypothesized that early burn excision and aggressive enteral feeding diminish hypermetabolism. METHODS Forty-six burned children were enrolled into a cohort analytic study. Cohorts were segregated according to time from burn to transfer to our institution for excision, grafting, and nutritional support. No subject had undergone wound excision or continuous nutritional support before transfer. Resting energy expenditure, skeletal muscle protein kinetics, the degree of bacterial colonization from quantitative cultures, and the incidence of burn sepsis were measured as outcome variables. RESULTS Early, aggressive treatment did not decrease energy expenditure; however, it did markedly attenuate muscle protein catabolism when compared with delay in aggressive treatment. Wound colonization and sepsis were diminished in the early treatment group as well. CONCLUSION Early excision and concurrent aggressive feeding attenuate muscle catabolism and improve infectious outcomes after burn.
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- David W Hart
- Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
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Kazis LE, Liang MH, Lee A, Ren XS, Phillips CB, Hinson M, Calvert C, Cullen M, Daugherty MB, Goodwin CW, Jenkins M, McCauley RL, Meyer WJ, Palmieri T, Pidcock F, Reilly D, Warden G, Wood D, Tompkins R. The development, validation, and testing of a health outcomes burn questionnaire for infants and children 5 years of age and younger: American Burn Association/Shriners Hospitals for Children. THE JOURNAL OF BURN CARE & REHABILITATION 2002; 23:196-207. [PMID: 12032370 DOI: 10.1097/00004630-200205000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The 12-member American Burn Association/Shriners Hospitals for Children Outcomes Task Force was charged with developing a health outcomes questionnaire for use in children 5 years of age and younger that was clinically based and valid. A 55-item form was tested using a cross-sectional design on the basis of a range of 184 infants and children between 0 and 5 years of age at 8 burn centers, nationally. A total of 131 subjects completed a follow-up health outcomes questionnaire 6 months after the baseline assessment. A comparison group of 285 normal nonburn children was also obtained. Internal consistency reliability of the scales ranged from 0.74 to 0.94. Tests of clinical validity were significant in the hypothesized direction for the majority of scales for length of hospital stay, duration since the burn, percent of body surface area burned, overall clinician assessment of severity of burn injury, and number of comorbidities. The criterion validity of the instrument was supported using the Child Developmental Inventories for Burn Children in early childhood and preschool stages of development comparing normal vs abnormal children. The instrument was sensitive to changes over time following a clinical course observed by physicians in practice. The Health Outcomes Burn Questionnaire for Infants and Children 5 years of age and younger is a clinically based reliable and valid assessment tool that is sensitive to change over time for assessing burn outcomes in this age group.
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- Lewis E Kazis
- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarhadi NS, Reid WH, Murray GD, Williamson J. Flame burn admissions and fire fatalities in Scotland with particular reference to the Strathclyde (Glasgow) region, and their prevention. Burns 2001; 27:731-8. [PMID: 11600253 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-4179(01)00042-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Scotland has the highest rate of fire fatalities in the UK. Nearly 50% of the population and fire deaths in Scotland are in the Strathclyde region. The data from the burns unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary were studied to find the number of admissions due to flame burns and see how it compared with the fire deaths. During 1981-1993, amongst 2771 admissions to the burns unit, 1181 (43%) were due to flame burns and out of these flame burn victims, 69% were adults, 16% elderly and 15% children. The distribution of cases according to the total body surface area (TBSA) involvement was 866 (73%) with 1-15%, 165 (14%) with 16-30%, and 150 (13%) with > or =31% TBSA burns. The annual number of flame burn admissions declined during 1981-1993. In the Glasgow region 50% of the domestic fires leading to non-fatal burns or to death were started by misuse of smoking materials. Chip pan fires were responsible for 8% of admissions to the burns unit. The annual number of fire fatalities when reviewed for a longer period 1973-1995 also showed a decreasing trend. Further educational and legislative measures to prevent flame burns are discussed.
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- N S Sarhadi
- West Midlands Regional Plastic Surgery Unit, Wordsley Hospital, West Midlands DY8 5QY, Stourbridge, UK. nanak@
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Hart DW, Wolf SE, Beauford RB, Lal SO, Chinkes DL, Herndon DN. Determinants of blood loss during primary burn excision. Surgery 2001; 130:396-402. [PMID: 11505944 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.116916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Excisional therapy for burn wounds is frequently associated with large operative blood losses. Our objective was to identify patient and operative factors that affect surgical blood loss and determine strategies to minimize hemorrhage. METHODS Data from 92 consecutive pediatric patients with severe burns (>40% total body surface area) were evaluated. Patient demographics, burn characteristics, operative factors, and clinical course variables were correlated with blood loss. Blood loss at the time of initial total burn excision was determined by a standardized, previously validated method. Data were analyzed sequentially and cumulatively through univariate and cross-sectional multivariate linear regression. RESULTS Demographic factors that correlated with increased blood loss were older age, male sex, and larger body size. Area of full-thickness (third-degree) burn correlated with blood loss, whereas total burn size did not. High wound bacteria counts (derived from quantitative tissue cultures), total wound area excised, and operative time were the strongest predictors of the volume of operative hemorrhage. Blood loss increased with delay to primary burn excision at a maximum at 5 to 12 days after burn injury. CONCLUSIONS Early definitive surgical therapy before extensive bacterial colonization and rapid operative excision is a strategy that may decrease operative hemorrhage and transfusion requirements during burn surgical procedures.
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- D W Hart
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
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O'Keefe GE, Hunt JL, Purdue GF. An evaluation of risk factors for mortality after burn trauma and the identification of gender-dependent differences in outcomes. J Am Coll Surg 2001; 192:153-60. [PMID: 11220714 DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(00)00785-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The primary objective of this study was to determine an objective method for estimating the risk of mortality after burn trauma, and secondarily, to evaluate the relationship between gender and mortality, in the setting of a quantifiable inflammatory stimulus. Previously reported estimates of mortality risk after burn trauma may no longer be applicable, given the overall reduction in case-fatality rates after burn trauma. We expect that future advances in burn trauma research will require careful and ongoing quantification of mortality risk factors to measure the importance of newly identified factors and to determine the impact of new therapies. Conflicting clinical reports regarding the impact of gender on survival after sepsis and critical illness may in part, be from different study designs, patient samples, or failure to adequately control for additional factors contributing to the development ofsepsis and mortality. STUDY DESIGN Data from the prospectively maintained burn registry for patients admitted to the Parkland Memorial Hospital burn unit between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 1998 were analyzed. Logistic regression was used to generate estimates of the probability of death in half of the study sample, and this model was validated on the second half of the sample. Risk factors evaluated for their relationship with mortality were: age, inhalation injury, burn size, body mass (weight), preexisting medical conditions, nonburn injuries, and gender. RESULTS Of 4,927 patients, 5.3% died. The best model for estimating mortality included the percent of total body surface area burned; the percent of full-thickness burn size; the presence of an inhalation injury; age categories of: < 30 years, 30 to 59 years, > or = 60 years; and gender. The risk of death was approximately two-fold higher in women aged 30 to 59 years compared with men of the same age. CONCLUSIONS We have provided a detailed method for estimating the risk of mortality after burn trauma, based on a large, contemporary cohort of patients. These estimates were validated on a second sample and proved to predict mortality accurately. We have identified an increased mortality risk in women of 30 to 59 years of age.
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- G E O'Keefe
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas 75235, USA
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Sjöberg F, Danielsson P, Andersson L, Steinwall I, Zdolsek J, Ostrup L, Monafo W. Utility of an intervention scoring system in documenting effects of changes in burn treatment. Burns 2000; 26:553-9. [PMID: 10869827 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-4179(00)00004-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The consequences of the introduction of a program of consistent use of topical antimicrobials and early aggressive excision of deep burn wounds by utilizing a comprehensive, computerized patient registry/therapeutic intervention scoring system, were investigated. Prospectively, the clinical course, mortality, outcome and hospital costs were compared for the year preceding (89 patients) and the 4 years following (226 patients) the introduction of the new treatment program. It was found that mortality decreased from 10.1 to 4.6% after change in therapy (P<0.001), despite an increase in mean burn extent. The length of hospital stay per % burn surface area declined from 1.2 to 1.0 days (P<0.001). The number and complexity of therapeutic interventions and the associated costs, also declined. Patients in the new treatment program had a better level of physical and psychosocial function at follow up. In conclusion, the introduction of a program of consistent use of topical antimicrobials and early, aggressive surgical excision was associated with an improved outcome at lesser cost. The combined registry-intervention scoring system permits ready analysis of results using data entered on a daily, near-real time basis.
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- F Sjöberg
- The Burn Unit, Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
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Alpard SK, Zwischenberger JB, Tao W, Deyo DJ, Traber DL, Bidani A. New clinically relevant sheep model of severe respiratory failure secondary to combined smoke inhalation/cutaneous flame burn injury. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:1469-76. [PMID: 10834698 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200005000-00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To develop a predictable, dose-dependent, clinically relevant model of severe respiratory failure associated with a 40% total body surface area, full-thickness (third-degree) cutaneous flame burn and smoke inhalation injury in adult sheep. DESIGN Model development. SETTING Research laboratory. SUBJECTS Adult female sheep (n = 22). INTERVENTIONS Animals were divided into three groups, determined by the number of smoke breaths administered (24, 36, 48) for a graded inhalation injury. The smoke was insufflated into a tracheostomy with a modified bee smoker at airway temperatures <40 degrees C. All animals concurrently received a 40% total body surface area (third-degree) cutaneous flame burn to the body (flanks). After injury, the animals were placed on volume-controlled ventilation to achieve PaO2 >60 mm Hg and PaCO2 <40 mm Hg. Arterial blood gases and ventilator settings were monitored every 6 hrs postinjury for up to 7 days. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS All animals survived the induction of injury. In the 24 smoke breath/40% total body surface area burn (24/40) group, PaO2/F(IO2) never decreased below 300, and peak inspiratory pressure was consistently <14 cm H2O with normal arterial blood gases throughout the observation period. With 36 smoke breaths/40% total body surface area burn (36/40) (n = 7), all animals had PaO2/F(IO2) of <200 and peak inspiratory pressure of 26 cm H2O within 40-48 hrs, as 30% died during the study period. With 48 smoke breaths/40% total body surface area burn (48/40) (n = 12), all animals developed respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in 24-30 hrs, but none survived the experimental period. CONCLUSIONS Development of RDS by smoke and cutaneous flame bum injury depends on smoke inhalation dose. A combination of 36 breaths of smoke and a 40% total body surface area (third-degree) cutaneous flame burn injury can induce severe RDS (PaO2/F(IO2) <200) within 40-48 hrs to allow evaluation of various treatment modalities of RDS.
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- S K Alpard
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, USA
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O’Keefe GE, Maier RV. Are we winning the battle in the surgical intensive care unit? Curr Opin Crit Care 1999. [DOI: 10.1097/00075198-199908000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dai NT, Chen TM, Cheng TY, Chen SL, Chen SG, Chou GH, Chou TD, Wang HJ. The comparison of early fluid therapy in extensive flame burns between inhalation and noninhalation injuries. Burns 1998; 24:671-5. [PMID: 9882069 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-4179(98)00092-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Over the last half century, advances in treatment have changed the principal cause of death in burn patients from burn shock and wound sepsis to pulmonary sepsis, of which inhalation injury has always played a key role in morbidity and mortality. Even though Navar et al., Am. J. Surg. 1985;150:716-720 have noted that patients with inhalation injury had a mean fluid requirement of 5.8 ml/kg/% burn to achieve resuscitation from early burn shock, while patients without inhalation injury required only a mean fluid of 4.0 ml/kg/% burn, to achieve successful resuscitation in inhalation injured patients with minimum but adequate fluid has always been a challenge. To further define the difference of early fluid therapy between inhalation and noninhalation in extensively burned patients, a retrospective analysis was carried out in the Tri-Service General Hospital. Sixty-two flame burned patients (aged from 16 to 81 years-old with a mean age of 33.2+/-15.1 years: with burn size ranging from 30% to 98% TBSA with a mean burn size of 60.5+/-22.7%; 26 with inhalation injury; noninhalation 36) were reviewed during a 5-year period. The Parkland formula is the initial choice of fluid regimen with 4 ml/kg/% burn and the amount of replacement is monitored by urine output and is titrated to maintain urine output between 0.5 and 1.0 ml/kg/h. The mean amounts of fluid requirements of both inhalation and noninhalation burned patients were 3.1 +/- 1.0 and 2.3+/-0.8 ml/kg/% burn respectively (p < 0.05). Our study showed less fluid requirement for both inhalation and noninhalation injured patients in comparison with the Navar study and Parkland predictions in the first 24 h postburn. Furthermore, the inhalation injured patients definitely required volumes of fluid in excess of those required in noninhalation injured cases.
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- N T Dai
- Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wolf SE, Rose JK, Desai MH, Mileski JP, Barrow RE, Herndon DN. Mortality determinants in massive pediatric burns. An analysis of 103 children with > or = 80% TBSA burns (> or = 70% full-thickness). Ann Surg 1997; 225:554-65; discussion 565-9. [PMID: 9193183 PMCID: PMC1190795 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199705000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Survivors and nonsurvivors among 103 consecutive pediatric patients with massive burns were compared in an effort to define the predictors of mortality in massively burned children. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Predictors of mortality in burns that are used commonly are age, burn size, and inhalation injury. In the past, burns over 80% of the body surface area that are mostly full-thickness often were considered fatal, especially in children and in the elderly. In the past 15 years, advances in burn treatment have increased rates of survival in those patients treated at specialized burn centers. The purpose of this study was to document the extent of improvement and to define the current predictors of mortality to further focus burn care. METHODS Beginning in 1982, 103 children ages 6 months to 17 years with burns covering at least 80% of the body surface (70% full-thickness), were treated in the authors' institution by early excision and grafting and have been observed to determine outcome. The authors divided collected independent variables from the time of injury into temporally related groups and analyzed the data sequentially and cumulatively through univariate statistics and through pooled, cross-sectional multivariate logistic regression to determine which variables predict the probability of mortality. RESULTS The mortality rate for this series of massively burned children was 33%. Lower age, larger burn size, presence of inhalation injury, delayed intravenous access, lower admission hematocrit, lower base deficit on admission, higher serum osmolarity at arrival to the authors' hospital, sepsis, inotropic support requirement, platelet count < 20,000, and ventilator dependency during the hospital course significantly predict increased mortality. CONCLUSIONS The authors conclude that mortality has decreased in massively burned children to the extent that nearly all patients should be considered as candidates for survival, regardless of age, burn size, presence of inhalation injury, delay in resuscitation, or laboratory values on initial presentation. During the course of hospitalization, the development of sepsis and multiorgan failure is a harbinger of poor outcome, but the authors have encountered futile cases only rarely. The authors found that those patients who are most apt to die are the very young, those with limited donor sites, those who have inhalation injury, those with delays in resuscitation, and those with burn-associated sepsis or multiorgan failure.
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- S E Wolf
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
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Benson M, Koenig KL, Schultz CH. Disaster triage: START, then SAVE--a new method of dynamic triage for victims of a catastrophic earthquake. Prehosp Disaster Med 1996; 11:117-24. [PMID: 10159733 DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x0004276x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Triage of mass casualties in situations in which patients must remain on-scene for prolonged periods of time, such as after a catastrophic earthquake, differs from traditional triage. Often there are multiple scenes (sectors), and the infrastructure is damaged. Available medical resources are limited, and the time to definitive care is uncertain. Early evacuation is not possible, and local initial responders cannot expect significant outside assistance for at least 49-72 hours. Current triage systems are based either on a shorter time to definitive care or on a longer time to initial triage. The Medical Disaster Response (MDR) project deals with the scenario in which specially trained, local health-care providers evaluate patients immediately after the event, but cannot evacuate patients to definitive care. For this type of scenario, a dynamic triage methodology was developed that permits the triage process to evolve over hours or even days, thereby maximizing patient survival and resulting in a more efficient use of resources. This MDR system incorporates a modified version of "Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment" (START) that substitutes radial pulse for capillary refill, coupled with a system of secondary triage termed, "Secondary Assessment of Victim Endpoint" (SAVE). The SAVE triage was developed to direct limited resources to the subgroup of patients expected to benefit most from their use. The SAVE assesses survivability of patients with various injuries and, on the basis of trauma statistics, uses this information to describe the relationship between expected benefits and resources consumed. Because early transport to an intact medical system is unavailable, this information guides treatment priorities in the field to a level beyond the scope of the START methodology. Pre-existing disease and age are factored into the triage decisions. An elderly patient with burns to 70% of body surface area is unsalvageable under austere field conditions and would require the use of significant medical resources-both personnel and equipment-and would be triaged to an "expectant area." Conversely, a young adult with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 12 who requires only airway maintenance would use few resources and would have a reasonable chance for survival with the interventions available in the field, and would be triaged to a "treatment" area. The START and SAVE triage techniques are used in situations in which triage is dynamic, occurs over many hours to days, and only limited, austere, field, advanced life support equipment is readily available. The MDR-SAVE methodology is the first systematic attempt to use triage as a tool to maximize patient benefit in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic disaster.
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- M Benson
- Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
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This report gives the results of follow-up observations on patients with massive burns covering > or = 50 percent TBSA (total body surface area) who survived for more than 2 years. The relationship between the functional and occupational recovery, and a discussion of the factors that may influence the functional rehabilitation and return to occupation or productivity, are presented.
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- J Xiao
- Burn and Plastic Surgery Department, 205 Hospital, Jin Zhou, Liao Ning, PR China
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Injuries among the elderly are a common occurrence and, as the population ages, the elderly will constitute a prominent proportion of trauma patients. The elderly sustain the same injuries that younger people do; however, because of a variety of age-related processes, the elderly suffer more severe consequences from these injuries. Epidemiologic factors and physiologic processes are used to explain the "susceptibility" of the elderly population to traumatic injuries. Recommendations for initial resuscitation and management of specific injuries are presented along with general principles of injury prevention and rehabilitation. The socioeconomic cost of trauma in the elderly is discussed in terms of physical disabilities and financial burdens.
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- T A Santora
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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During a 16-year period, 547 patients who were older than 64 years of age with a mean total body surface area (TBSA) (third-degree burns) of 25% were treated. Etiologies were flame/flash in 81% of patients, scald in 11%, solids in 7%, and electrical/chemical in 1%. Seventeen percent of patients had significant causal factors. An inhalation injury was present in 13% of patients, and the mortality in these patients was 100%. Burn excision was performed 239 times in 165 patients. The majority of excisions were for full-thickness burns. Excision did not improve overall survival in patients with third-degree burns of 0% to 10%, but the length of stay (LOS) in excised and nonexcised survivors was improved (9 versus 21 days, respectively). The LOS and survival were not significantly different in patients with burns between 11% and 20%. Postburn complications occurred in 28% of patients. Overall mortality was 50% (mean age: 77 years; TBSA: 40%). There were no survivors with over 47% TBSA burns. The leading cause of death was pulmonary sepsis. Most surviving patients returned to a satisfactory lifestyle after discharge.
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- J L Hunt
- Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas
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Xiao J, Chai BR, Kong FY, Peng SG, Xu H, Wang CG, Suo HB, Huang DQ. Increased survival rate in patients with massive burns. Burns 1992; 18:401-4. [PMID: 1445631 DOI: 10.1016/0305-4179(92)90040-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A review of 113 patients with massive burns treated in our centre from 1970 to 1989 is presented. There were 57 adults patients with massive burns (> or = 50 per cent TBSA) in 1980-89 who were compared with 56 patients with similar massive burns in the period between 1970 and 1979. The results show a significant improvement (P < 0.01) in survival rate of the more recent patients. The increased survival rate is attributed to improvements in the early treatment of inhalation injury, sepsis and multiorgan failure.
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- J Xiao
- Burn Center of 205 Hospital, Jin Zhou, Liao Ning, China
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Manson WL, Pernot PC, Fidler V, Sauer EW, Klasen HJ. Colonization of burns and the duration of hospital stay of severely burned patients. J Hosp Infect 1992; 22:55-63. [PMID: 1358947 DOI: 10.1016/0195-6701(92)90130-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In a retrospective study the influence of several factors on the length of hospital stay of severely burned patients (at least 24% total body surface area) has been investigated. The influence of these factors was studied by means of the Cox model survival analysis with time-varying covariates. Seventy-one patients were included in this study. The mean age was 32 years (range 1-82 years), the mean total body surface area burned 40% (range 24-80%) and the mean full-thickness area burned 32% (range 10-70%). The length of hospital stay was positively correlated with the extent of the burned area and with the age of the patient. Wound colonization with Enterobacteriaceae or with a combination of Pseudomonas spp. and Staphylococcus aureus was also associated with a prolonged stay in hospital.
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- W L Manson
- Laboratory for Public Health, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Erickson EJ, Merrell SW, Saffle JR, Sullivan JJ. Differences in mortality from thermal injury between pediatric and adult patients. J Pediatr Surg 1991; 26:821-5. [PMID: 1895192 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3468(91)90147-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Children differ from adults in their responses to thermal injury, as reflected by higher reported mortality rates for equivalent major injuries. The age at which children's survival rates equal those of young adults has not been well defined, and some investigators have recently claimed that pediatric and adult burn mortality do not differ. We evaluated age-related mortality among 1,443 consecutive patients without inhalation injury treated from 1978 to 1988, inclusively. The sample consisted of 595 children aged 12 years or less, 243 children aged 13 to 20 years, and 605 young adults aged 21 to 40 years who served as a comparison group of patients with the best predicted survival. We separately examined mortality in patients with burns exceeding 30% total body surface area. There were no significant differences in mortality between age groups for the study sample as a whole, but among patients with large burns, children aged 0 to 48 months had higher mortality than comparably injured adults (31% v 12%, P less than .05 by analysis of covariance). Improvements in survival were also demonstrated between the first and second halves of the study period for children aged 25 months to 8 years. These data indicate that children 48 months of age and younger do not tolerate large thermal injuries as well as adults. Improvements in pediatric burn survival are being achieved in most age groups.
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- E J Erickson
- Department of Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City
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Tredget EE, Shankowsky HA, Taerum TV, Moysa GL, Alton JD. The role of inhalation injury in burn trauma. A Canadian experience. Ann Surg 1990; 212:720-7. [PMID: 2256764 PMCID: PMC1358258 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199012000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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From 1977 to 1987, 1705 thermally injured patients were admitted to the Firefighters' Burn Center at the University of Alberta Hospitals. Thirteen hundred forty-four were male (78.8%) and 361 were female (21.2%), with a mean total burn surface area (TBSA) of 15.1 (SEM +/- 0.4%) and a range of 1% to 99% TBSA. Sixteen hundred thirty-five patients survived to be discharged from hospital, with an overall survival rate of 95.9%. One hundred twenty-four burn patients (7.3%) suffered concomitant inhalation injury diagnosed by bronchoscopy. Patients with inhalation injury suffered from larger TBSA (39.7% +/- 2.8% versus 12.2% +/- 0.3%; p less than 0.01) than those without inhalation injury. Inhalation injury increased the number of deaths from burn injury (34.7% versus 1.7%; p less than 0.01) independent of age and TBSA. Inhalation injury was associated with a threefold prolongation of hospital stay (23.7 +/- 0.7 versus 74.4 +/- 6.2 days; p less than 0.01) and was independent of age and TBSA. Multifactorial probit analysis was performed for both inhalation- and noninhalation-injured burned patients to allow TBSA and age adjusted rates of mortality for the burn population presented. The maximum detrimental effects of inhalation injury in burn patient outcome occurred when it coexisted with moderate (15% to 29% TBSA) to large (30% to 69% TBSA) thermal injuries. These data demonstrate that inhalation injury is an important comorbid factor in burn injury that increases the number of deaths substantially. Most importantly such injuries also independently prolong the duration of hospitalization in a highly unpredictable fashion as compared to patients with cutaneous burns only. As such our data illustrate the extreme importance of inhalation injury as a comorbid factor following thermal injury and reveal the present limitations for accurate quantification of the magnitude of respiratory tract injury accompanying thermal trauma.
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- E E Tredget
- Firefighters' Burn Treatment Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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