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Citation

Neeki MM, Dong F, Youssef D, Liu B, Lee C, Burgett-Moreno M, Rippe E, Wong D, Borger R. J. Burn Care Res. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA and California University of Sciences and Medicine, Colton, CA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Burn Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1093/jbcr/irz093

PMID

31197360

Abstract

A high incidence of honey oil (hash oil, cannabis oil) and methamphetamine production has led to an increase in burn victims presenting to this regional burn center in California. This study aims to compare patient outcomes resulting from burn injuries associated with honey oil and methamphetamine production. This is a retrospective cohort study utilizing the regional burn registry to identify patients with burn injuries related to honey oil production or methamphetamine purification explosions from January 1st, 2008 to December 31st, 2017. Patient demographics and clinical outcomes data were abstracted from the burn registry and medical records. A total of 91 patients were included in the final analysis and 59.3% (n=54) were related to honey oil injury. There was no statistically significant difference between honey oil and methamphetamine burn injuries in regards to clinical outcomes, including mortality (1.9% vs 8.1%, p=0.1588), third degree burn (47.2% vs 59.5%, p=0.2508), mechanical ventilator usage (50% vs 69.4%, p=0.0714), median hospital length of stay (LOS) (10 vs 11 days, p=0.5308), ICU LOS (10 vs 11 days, p=0.1903), total-burn-surface-area (26.5% vs 28.3%, p=0.8313), and hospital charge (median of $85,561 vs $139,028, p=0.7215). Honey oil burn injuries are associated with similar hospital LOS, similar ICU LOS, similar total-burn-surface-area, and present a costly public health concern. With the recent legalization of marijuana in California, commercial production of honey oil in addition to increasing education about the risks of illicit honey oil production may alleviate associated risks.

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Language: en

Keywords

burn; explosion; extraction; honey oil; marijuana; methamphetamine

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