Epidemiología del paciente gran quemado adulto en Chile: experiencia del Servicio de Quemados del Hospital de la Asistencia Pública de Santiago / Sociodemographic/clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the National Burn Center of Chile
Rev. méd. Chile
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141(2): 181-186, feb. 2013. ilus, tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-675059
ABSTRACT
Background:
Approximately 150 subjects per year suffer severe burns in Chile.Aim:
To analyze sociodemographic/clinical features and outcomes of severely burned patients. Material andMethods:
Retrospective cohort study of 936 patients aged 47 ± 20 years (66% males), admitted to the National Burn Center of Chile between 2006 and 2010. Sociodemographic/clinical and burn variables and outcomes were studied.Results:
Mean total percentage of body surface area burned was 27 + 20%. A quarter of the patients had social features that could jeopardize rehabilitation. Fire was the burning agent in 73%, which along with electricity presented greater lethality (p < 0.01). Inhalation injury was diagnosed in 22% of the patients. Twenty eight percent of patients had impaired consciousness at the moment of the accident, leading to larger burns, higher incidence of inhalation injury and greater lethality. Lethality for severe, critical and exceptional survival groups was 8.4,37.7 and 70.4%, respectively.Conclusions:
Severely burned patients in Chile are mainly males at working age. Fire is the main agent and 28% had impaired consciousness, which was associated with an increase in the severity of burns. Knowledge of the characteristics and outcomes of the patients is important to implement prevention and treatment strategies adjusted to the national reality.
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Main subject:
Burn Units
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Burns
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Hospitalization
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital de Asistencia Pública/CL
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