National trends in burn and inhalation injury in burn patients: results of analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample database

The aim of this study was describe national trends in prevalence, demographics, hospital length of stay (LOS), hospital charges, and mortality for burn patients with and without inhalational injury and to compare to the National Burn Repository. Burns and inhalation injury cause considerable mortali...

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Published in:Journal of burn care & research 2015-03, Vol.36 (2), p.258-265
Main Authors: Veeravagu, Anand, Yoon, Byung C, Jiang, Bowen, Carvalho, Carla M, Rincon, Fred, Maltenfort, Mitchell, Jallo, Jack, Ratliff, John K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Burns - classification
Burns - epidemiology
Burns - therapy
Female
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Registries
Smoke Inhalation Injury - complications
Smoke Inhalation Injury - epidemiology
Smoke Inhalation Injury - therapy
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:The aim of this study was describe national trends in prevalence, demographics, hospital length of stay (LOS), hospital charges, and mortality for burn patients with and without inhalational injury and to compare to the National Burn Repository. Burns and inhalation injury cause considerable mortality and morbidity in the United States. There remains insufficient reporting of the demographics and outcomes surrounding such injuries. The National Inpatient Sample database, the nation's largest all-payer inpatient care data repository, was utilized to select 506,628 admissions for burns from 1988 to 2008 based on ICD-9-CM recording. The data were stratified based on the extent of injury (%TBSA) and presence or absence of inhalational injury. Inhalation injury was observed in only 2.2% of burns with
ISSN:1559-047X
1559-0488
DOI:10.1097/BCR.0000000000000064