TY - JOUR
T1 - Burns and associated nonthermal trauma
T2 - An analysis of management, outcome, and relation to the injury severity score
AU - Wong, L.
AU - Grande, C. M.
AU - Munster, A. M.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Nonthermal trauma in patients with burns necessitates additional considerations in management. The charts of all patients with nonthermal trauma admitted to a regional burn center from 1977 to 1987 were reviewed. The causative events and types of injury were determined. The most common injuries were fractures caused by jumping from burning buildings. Fracture management varied, and the only complications that occurred among the 15 of 61 patients with fractures were associated with overlying burns. The mortality rate was 20%, which is comparable to that predicted from the patients’ ages and the percent of total body surface area burned. The mortality rate predicted from the Injury Severity Score is much lower, which brings into question its use for analysis of this patient population.
AB - Nonthermal trauma in patients with burns necessitates additional considerations in management. The charts of all patients with nonthermal trauma admitted to a regional burn center from 1977 to 1987 were reviewed. The causative events and types of injury were determined. The most common injuries were fractures caused by jumping from burning buildings. Fracture management varied, and the only complications that occurred among the 15 of 61 patients with fractures were associated with overlying burns. The mortality rate was 20%, which is comparable to that predicted from the patients’ ages and the percent of total body surface area burned. The mortality rate predicted from the Injury Severity Score is much lower, which brings into question its use for analysis of this patient population.
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U2 - 10.1097/00004630-198911000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00004630-198911000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 2600099
AN - SCOPUS:0024840381
SN - 0273-8481
VL - 10
SP - 512
EP - 516
JO - Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation
IS - 6
ER -