Factors Associated with In-hospital Mortality in Severe Burn Patients in Songklanagarind Hospital: A Retrospective Study

Atthawit Mongkornwong; Rassamee Sangthong; Thara Tunthanathip; Surasak Sangkhathat

doi:10.31584/jhsmr.2020775

Factors Associated with In-hospital Mortality in Severe Burn Patients in Songklanagarind Hospital: A Retrospective Study

Atthawit Mongkornwong, Rassamee Sangthong, Thara Tunthanathip, Surasak Sangkhathat

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the factors associated with mortality in burn patients in order to develop a nomogram for predicting mortality that can be used as a guideline to treat major burn patients.
Material and Methods: This was a retrospective study done in Songhklanagarind Hospital, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand. The study included major burn patients who were admitted to the burn unit or the intensive care unit between the years 2011 and 2018, and analyzed demographic data and significant factors associated with mortality.
Results: A total of 127 major burn patients were treated during the study years, with a mean age of 33 years with an average total burn surface area (TBSA) of 43.5%. The most common cause of the burns was flame injury, and the most significant factors associated with mortality were TBSA >55.0%, blood creatinine >1.2 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) and face involvement.
Conclusion: The 3 significant burn-related factors of TBSA >55.0%, blood creatinine >1.2 mg/dL and face involvement can be used to predict mortality using the nomogram created in this study.

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low-to-middle-income countries; major burn patients; mortality; nomogram

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