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Geriatric Burn Injuries Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Major Burn Center: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes
2022, Journal of Emergency MedicineCitation Excerpt :Although outcomes in burn treatments in younger patients have improved dramatically in the last 50 years, these improvements are less dramatic in older adults (2,20,21). Much research to date has focused exclusively on the treatment of older adult patients with severe burns who are hospitalized in burn centers (2,4,6,22–27). There is limited information available regarding the clinical characteristics of all geriatric burn victims who present to the emergency department (ED), including those with less severe injuries who may be discharged from the ED and followed up in an outpatient setting.
Burns in older people. Epidemiology, surgical management and outcome in a university hospital referral burn unit, 1994-2004
2012, European Geriatric MedicineCitation Excerpt :As the age profile of the population increases, older people are being admitted to burn units [1–3].
Influence of race and neighborhood on the risk for and outcomes of burns in the elderly in North Carolina
2011, BurnsCitation Excerpt :Older adults are at high risk for burn [1–3] and experience significant burn-related morbidity and mortality [4].
Burn treatment in the elderly
2009, BurnsCitation Excerpt :When planning multiple operative sessions, the fact of the dermis in elderly patients being rather thin must be taken into account, since this renders harvesting and reharvesting of skin donor sites more difficult, especially due to the longer healing periods [91]. Burns represent a more serious injury to the elderly organism than to the younger, and for any given burn pattern, aged people have a reported higher mortality rate [12,18,39,88,92–98]. In all kinds of formulas available to predict mortality in burn patients, age plays a decisive role.
Epidemiologic investigation of geriatric burns in Southwest China
2009, BurnsCitation Excerpt :Only one patient was cured prior to discharge. Epidemiological research in geriatrics has revealed unique results and conclusions related to burns in the elderly world wide [3–14]. The Burn Center of Southwest Hospital, one of the oldest burn centers in China, admits the majority of burn patients in Southwest of China, including Chongqing, the largest city in China, with a population of more than 31 million people; the urban resident population is, however, only about 6 million.