@article{ref1,
title="The predictive probability of mortality in the presence of full-thickness burns",
journal="American journal of surgery",
year="2022",
author="Atkins, Kathryn and Schneider, Andrew and Rodriguez, Christian and Gallaher, Jared and Charles, Anthony",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Prognostication of burn injury mortality is challenging. Recent mortality prognostication tools have incorporated the percent of full-thickness surface area (FTSA). We hypothesize that the presence of full-thickness burn injury independently increases in-hospital mortality. <br><br>METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) from 2007 to 2019 of adults (≥16 years old) with burn injuries. Variables evaluated included basic demographics, presence of inhalation injury, percent TBSA, and percent FTSA burned. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. We performed modified Poisson regression modeling adjusting for significant variables to estimate the relative mortality risk. <br><br>RESULTS: 75,816 patients met inclusion criteria. When controlling for TBSA, the presence of a full-thickness burn had a relative risk of in-hospital mortality of 1.42 (95% CI 1.09-1.85, p = 0.008). The predicted probability of mortality was 100% at 50% FTSA. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The presence of full-thickness burns and the proportion of full-thickness burns independently and significantly increased in-hospital mortality. Therefore, clinicians should utilize prognostication models incorporating percent full-thickness burn area to predict mortality more accurately.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9610",
doi="10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.10.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.10.006"
}