The Effects of Preexisting Medical Comorbidities on Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Burn Injury: Evidence From a National Sample of 31,338 Adult Patients

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 104-105
Author(s):  
B.A. Latenser
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Medical Comorbidities

scholarly journals The Effects of Preexisting Medical Comorbidities on Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Burn Injury

2007 ◽  
Vol 245 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett D. Thombs ◽  
Vijay A. Singh ◽  
Jill Halonen ◽  
Alfa Diallo ◽  
Stephen M. Milner
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Medical Comorbidities

Inpatient Data of Occupational Burn Injuries Treated at a Tertiary Burn Center

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-401
Author(s):  
Abdulkadir Basaran ◽  
Ozer Ozlu
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Burn Center ◽  
Electrical Burns

Abstract Occupational burns are among the important causes of work-related injuries. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology and reasons of occupational burns and thereby to emphasize preventive measures. Between January 2017 and December 2018, the data of major occupational burn injury patients admitted to our burn center were evaluated in this cross-sectional retrospective study. During the study period 342 patients older than 16 years were admitted to the burn center. Among them 80 patients with occupational burns (23.4%) were identified. The mean age of the patients was 34.73 ± 12.3 years. Seventy-eight patients (97.5%) were male. Electrical burns and flame burns were the two leading type of occupational burns. The most common occupation of our patients was construction work. Dangerous behavior, carelessness, lack of protective equipment, and failure to follow instructions were causes of injury. Only 14 patients (17.5%) experienced unavoidable accident. Thirty-seven patients (46.3%) worked on temporary basis. Occupational experience was under 5 years in majority of the cases (62.5%). For the occupational burns the percentage of burned TBSA was 17.08 ± 14.5 (1–60) and the length of hospital stay was 23.94 ± 21.9 days (2–106). There were no significant differences between occupational and nonoccupational burn injuries considering TBSA, total length of hospital stay, and complications (P > .05). Occupational burn injuries are common in less experienced and younger workers. Therefore, recognition of the problem and maintaining awareness is important. In order to prevent occupational accidents and burns, occupational health and safety rules must be obeyed.

scholarly journals BURN PATIENTS;

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (06) ◽  
pp. 1042-1047
Author(s):  
FIRDOUS KHAN ◽  
ASIF SHAH ◽  
ABDUL AZIZ JANAN
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Total Body Surface Area ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Burn Patients ◽  
Key Factor

Aim: To determine major risk factors of mortality and causes of death in patients presented with burn injury. Study design:Prospective Descriptive Study. Setting and duration: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar,Pakistan from April 2008 and June 2012. Methodology: A prospective descriptive study was performed among the patients whoadmitted to the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan between April 2008 and June2012. All relative information was collected through a detailed proforma and patient’s treatment files. Patients of any age, any degree ofburns and burns exceeding 10% TBSA were included. Patients presenting after more than one week post burn or patients referred fromother hospitals were excluded. Within this period, demographic data, treatment, and outcomes of treatment were reviewed and analyzed.Survivors and non-survivors among burn patients were compared to define the predictive factors of mortality. Results: Between April2008 and June 2012, 1850 patients were admitted with burn injuries. There were 1150 male patients (62%) and 700 female patients(38%). Mean age was 36 years with range of 1-70 years. Inhalation injuries were present in 45 patients (2.40%). Causes were flameburns (65.0%), electrical burns (15%), scalds (13%) and chemical burns (7.0%). The total body surface area (TBSA) burn ranged from10- 100%, with a mean of 38% TBSA burn. Mean length of hospital stay was 12 days (ranging from 24 hours to 170 days). Mortality ratewas 11.2%. Higher age, larger burn area, wound infection, longer hospital stay and the presence of multi-system organ failuresignificantly predicted increased mortality. Conclusions: Prevention is a key factor in reducing the morbidity and mor tality associatedwith burn injury. A campaign to educate people that burns can be prevented will be important in our community. The prevention of multiorganfailure and septicemia are likely to be more effective than their treatment.

scholarly journals Measles in adults: A comparison of hospitalised HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina E. Diana ◽  
Charles Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Hiv Negative

Background: Although measles is traditionally a childhood illness, there are an increasing number of adult cases. Despite both measles and HIV infection being endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, there are little data regarding outcomes in co-infected patients.Objectives: Compare demographic, clinical, laboratory and radiographic features, as well as outcome (length of hospital stay, complications and mortality) between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adult patients admitted with confirmed measles.Methods: We conducted a retrospective record review of adult patients with confirmed measles who were admitted to the Infectious Diseases Unit at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital during the peak of the 2009 and 2010 South African measles outbreak. The data collected included demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters, as well as outcomes.Results: Of the 33 confirmed measles cases admitted, 24 patients were tested for HIV infection and 18 tested seropositive. There were no significant differences in the demographics, clinical findings or laboratory data when comparing the HIV-positive and HIV-negative cases. Serious clinical manifestations were seen more frequently in HIV-positive patients (odds ratio [OR] 5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.48–51.8, p = 0.34). One of the six patients testing HIV-negative developed pneumonia, while six of the 18 HIV-positive patients had a course complicated by pneumonia. Five of these HIV-positive patients required admission to the intensive care unit, three developing respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation. HIV-positive patients had several other manifestations, including acute kidney injury, purulent conjunctivitis, pancreatitis and encephalitis. HIV-positive patients had a significantly longer hospital stay (p = 0.03). There were three deaths in the HIV-positive group, but none in the HIV-negative group (OR 2.9, 95% CI 0.13–65.3, p = 0.55).Conclusion: Our study provides data on the largest series of hospitalised adults infected with HIV and co-infected with measles. More severe consequences seemed to occur in hospitalised HIV-positive patients.

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