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Does inhalation injury predict mortality in burns patients or require redefinition?

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  • Youngmin Kim
  • Dohern Kym
  • Jun Hur
  • Jaechul Yoon
  • Haejun Yim
  • Yong Suk Cho
  • Wook Chun

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Inhalation injury is known to be an important factor in predicting mortality in burns patients. However, the diagnosis is complicated by the heterogeneous presentation and inability to determine the severity of inhalation injury. The purpose of this study was to identify clinical features of inhalation injury that affect mortality and the values that could predict the outcome more precisely in burns patients with inhalation injury. This retrospective observational study included 676 burns patients who were over 18 years of age and hospitalized in the Burns Intensive Care Unit between January 2012 and December 2015. We analyzed variables that are already known to be prognostic factors (age, percentage of total body surface area (%TBSA) burned, and inhalation injury) and factors associated with inhalation injury (carboxyhemoglobin and PaO2/FiO2 [PF] ratio) by univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Age group (odds ratio [OR] 1.069, p

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  • Youngmin Kim & Dohern Kym & Jun Hur & Jaechul Yoon & Haejun Yim & Yong Suk Cho & Wook Chun, 2017. "Does inhalation injury predict mortality in burns patients or require redefinition?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(9), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0185195
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185195
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    1. Olivia R Stockly & Audrey E Wolfe & Gretchen J Carrougher & Barclay T Stewart & Nicole S Gibran & Steven E Wolf & Kara McMullen & Alyssa M Bamer & Karen Kowalske & William G Cioffi & Ross Zafonte & Je, 2020. "Inhalation injury is associated with long-term employment outcomes in the burn population: Findings from a cross-sectional examination of the Burn Model System National Database," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(9), pages 1-15, September.

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