Long-term Outcome of Children Surviving Massive Burns

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Many children with severe burns can still lead a normal life. Researchers followed 80 children who had been burned over 70% or more of their body for an average of 15 years after the injury. Most of them had similar scores on the Short Form 36 as other children. This form measures many different qualities of life, including physical, mental, and emotional. However, about one-fifth of the children still had some type of serious physical disability. Those treated in a multidisciplinary burn clinic had better outcomes.

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Current Expectations for Survival in Pediatric Burns

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The prognosis for children with burns has improved substantially in the 1990s. Researchers examined mortality rates among 678 children burned between 1974-1980 and 1,150 children burned between 1991-1997. In the 1990s, there were no deaths among children burned over less than 60% of their body, compared to an 8% mortality rate in the 1970s. Among children burned over more than 60% of their body, mortality rates were 33% in the 1970s and 14% in the 1990s. Even children younger than four years were more likely to survive in the 1990s, regardless of the extent of their burns.

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Objective estimates of the probability of death from burn injuries

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Researchers have identified three important risk factors for predicting mortality in burn patients. Data on 1,665 burn patients treated between 1990 and 1994 were analyzed. Patients older than 60 who had inhalation injury and burns covering more than 40% of their body surface had a mortality rate of 90%. Those with none or only one of these risk factors had mortality rates of 3% or less. This information was confirmed in 530 patients with burn injuries treated at the same hospitals in 1995 and 1996.

Forecasts and trends, Mortality, Patient outcomes, Burns and scalds

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