Effect of inhalation injury, burn size, and age on mortality: a study of 1447 consecutive burn patients.
J Trauma
; 37(4): 655-9, 1994 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7932899
ABSTRACT
The relative impact of inhalation injury, burn size, and age on overall outcome following burn injury was examined in 1447 consecutive burn patients over a five and a half year period. The overall mortality for all patients was 9.5% (138 of 1447). The presence of inhalation injury, increasing burn size, and advancing age were all associated with an increased mortality (p < 0.01). The incidence of inhalation injury was 19.6% (284 of 1447) and correlated with increasing percent total body surface area (%TBSA) burn (r = 0.41, p < 0.01) and advancing age (r = 0.15, p < 0.01). The overall mortality for patients with inhalation injury was 31% (88 of 284) compared with 4.3% (50 of 1163) for those without inhalation injury. Using multivariate analysis inhalation injury was found to be an important variable in determining outcome, but the most important factor in predicting mortality was %TBSA burn (accuracy = 92.8%) or a combination of %TBSA burn and patient age (accuracy = 93.0%). Adding inhalation injury only slightly improved the ability to predict mortality (accuracy = 93.3%). The presence of inhalation injury is significantly associated with mortality after thermal injury but adds little to the prediction of mortality using %TBSA and age alone.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Body Surface Area
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Burns
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Trauma
Year:
1994
Document type:
Article