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Burn Injuries in Patients with Paralysis: A National Perspective on Injury Patterns and Outcomes.
- Source :
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Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association [J Burn Care Res] 2017 Dec 27; Vol. 39 (1), pp. 15-20. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The affect of paralysis-related comorbidities on outcomes in burn-injured patients has not been explored. We hypothesize that comorbid paralysis is associated with increased morbidity in this population. All burned patients with prior diagnoses of paralysis were identified from the National Burn Repository (Version 8.0). One-to-one matching of nonparalyzed burn-injured patients was performed, and nonparametric analysis was used to compare the groups. We identified 432 paralyzed patients, who were predominantly male (70.6%) and Caucasian (57.6%), with an average age of 40.8 ± 19.0 years. The identified level of disability was distinguished as paraplegia (59.5%), hemiplegia (16.9%), quadriplegia (13.9%), or other (9.8%). A majority of injuries occurred in the home (75.2%), primarily due to scalds (48.1%). More than half sustained small injuries with affected total body surface area <5%. Lower extremities were frequently injured (72.2%), with 41.0% affecting exclusively the lower extremities. While the paralysis population had significantly longer hospital lengths of stay, nonparalyzed patients had longer intensive care unit length of stay and ventilator days (P < .001). There was no statistically significant difference in mortality rate between paralyzed and nonparalyzed patients (4.4% vs 4.9%, P = .550). Patients with paralysis are susceptible to small scald injuries in the home. Comorbid paralysis places patients at risk for longer, more indolent hospital stays, when compared with matched nonparalyzed patients with more critical illness. Further investigation is needed regarding the pathophysiologic mechanisms predisposing paralyzed burn patients to increased morbidity.
- Subjects :
- Accidents, Home statistics & numerical data
Adult
Diabetes Mellitus epidemiology
Female
Humans
Length of Stay statistics & numerical data
Lower Extremity injuries
Male
Matched-Pair Analysis
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge
Pneumonia epidemiology
Registries
Respiration, Artificial statistics & numerical data
Respiratory Distress Syndrome epidemiology
Smoke Inhalation Injury epidemiology
Smoking epidemiology
United States epidemiology
Wound Infection epidemiology
Burns epidemiology
Disabled Persons statistics & numerical data
Paralysis epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1559-0488
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29596679
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irx003