Rising mortality in patients with combined burn and trauma

Trauma is the leading cause of death in adults younger than 46 years old [1]. The addition of burn injuries to a trauma patient has been said to cause a “two-hit” phenomena of injury which may have a synergistic effect resulting in higher morbidity [2]. Using the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB), Hawkins et al. found 43% of all burn admissions suffered combined trauma [3]. With nearly one million burn injuries occurring each year and 45,000 unde rgoing hospitalization, there is a significant population affected by combined burn-trauma [4].

Source: Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries - August 1, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Areg Grigorian, Jeffry Nahmias, Sebastian Schubl, Viktor Gabriel, Nicole Bernal, Victor Joe Source Type: research