Temperature profiles during resuscitation predict survival following burns complicated by smoke inhalation injury

Temperature and resuscitation profiles of 15 non-survivors were compared with matched survivors of major burns. All patients were intubated and ventilated for smoke inhalation injury, survived more than 3 days postburn and had a cutaneous burn greater than 15 per cent of the body surface area (mean...

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Published in:Burns 1997-05, Vol.23 (3), p.250-255
Main Authors: Platt, A.J., Aslam, S., Judkins, K., Phipps, A.R., Smith, G.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Burns - complications
Burns - mortality
Burns - physiopathology
Emergency and intensive care: burns
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Medical sciences
Predictive Value of Tests
Resuscitation - methods
Retrospective Studies
Skin - injuries
Skin - physiopathology
Skin Temperature
Smoke Inhalation Injury - complications
Smoke Inhalation Injury - mortality
Smoke Inhalation Injury - physiopathology
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
Urodynamics
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Summary:Temperature and resuscitation profiles of 15 non-survivors were compared with matched survivors of major burns. All patients were intubated and ventilated for smoke inhalation injury, survived more than 3 days postburn and had a cutaneous burn greater than 15 per cent of the body surface area (mean 32.3 ± 11.0 per cent SD). Cases were matched for similar ages (within 10 years) and total body surface area burn (within 10 per cent). The rate of core temperature rise following admission to the burn unit was significantly greater in survivors (mean 0.46 ± 0.18°C/h) compared with matched non-survivors (mean 0.30 ± 0.15°C/h; p
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/S0305-4179(96)00103-9