@article{ref1,
title="A model for predicting mortality among critically ill burn victims",
journal="Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries",
year="2009",
author="Galeiras, Rita and Lorente, J. A. and Pértega, Sonia and Vallejo, Alfonso and Vinkotomicic,  and de la Cal, Miguel A. and Pita, Salvador and Cerdá, Enrique and Esteban, A.",
volume="35",
number="2",
pages="201-209",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To develop a model for predicting mortality among burn victims. METHODS: All casualties admitted to our intensive care burn unit (ICBU) with a diagnosis of thermal or inhalation injury were studied. Age, total and full-thickness body surface area (BSA) burned, presence of inhalation injury, gender, mechanism of injury, delay to ICBU admission and mechanical ventilation during the first 72h were recorded. The 851 participants were randomly divided into derivation (671) and validation (180) sets. From univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses a mortality predictive equation was derived. RESULTS: Mortality was 17.6%. In univariate analysis, all variables were significantly associated with mortality except mechanism of injury and delay to ICBU admission. In multivariate analysis, age, total and full-thickness BSA burned, female gender and early mechanical ventilation were independently associated with mortality. CONCLUSIONS: We propose a mortality predictive equation for burned victims. In this model, MV and not inhalation injury is a mortality risk factor. <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-4179",
doi="10.1016/j.burns.2008.07.019",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2008.07.019"
}