1. Epidemiology of injuries, treatment (costs) and outcome in burn patients admitted to a hospital with or without dedicated burn centre (Burn-Pro): protocol for a multicentre prospective observational study
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Suzanne Polinder, Margriet E. van Baar, Cornelis H. van der Vlies, Paul A. Vegt, A.N. Ringburg, Alexander H Van der Veen, Percy V Van Eerten, Piet A.R. de Rijcke, Maarten Staarink, Esther M.M. Van Lieshout, Doeke Boersma, Leon Van de Schoot, Marc Guijt, Dagmar I Vos, Taco M A L Klem, Marco Waleboer, Anne Ymvp Cardon, Michael H.J. Verhofstad, Koen Ww Lansink, Floortje C Van Eijck, Daan T. Van Yperen, Surgery, and Public Health
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Burn injury ,Referral ,Body Surface Area ,Burn Units ,organisation of health services ,Cohort Studies ,Cicatrix ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,Epidemiology ,Protocol ,medicine ,Humans ,health economics ,Prospective Studies ,wound management ,Referral and Consultation ,Netherlands ,Protocol (science) ,Health economics ,business.industry ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,Health Care Costs ,General Medicine ,Smoke Inhalation Injury ,Hospitals ,Emergency medicine ,Quality of Life ,trauma management ,Surgery ,epidemiology ,Observational study ,Triage ,Burns ,business ,Cohort study - Abstract
IntroductionThe Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) referral criteria have been implemented for optimal triaging of burn patients. Admission to a burn centre is indicated for patients with severe burns or with specific characteristics like older age or comorbidities. Patients not meeting these criteria can also be treated in a hospital without burn centre. Limited information is available about the organisation of care and referral of these patients. The aims of this study are to determine the burn injury characteristics, treatment (costs), quality of life and scar quality of burn patients admitted to a hospital without dedicated burn centre. These data will subsequently be compared with data from patients withMethods and analysisIn this multicentre, prospective, observational study (cohort study), the following two groups of patients will be followed: 1) all patients (no age limit) admitted with burn-related injuries to a hospital without a dedicated burn centre in the Southwest Netherlands or Brabant Trauma Region and 2) all patients (no age limit) withEthics and disseminationThis study has been exempted by the medical research ethics committee Erasmus MC (Rotterdam, The Netherlands). Each participant will provide written consent to participate and remain encoded during the study. The results of the study are planned to be published in an international, peer-reviewed journal.Trial registration numberNTR6565.
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- 2018
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