Siamak Rimaz; Vahideh Abdi; Cyrus Emir Alavi; Sanaz Masoumi; Mahsa Sadeghi; Mohammadreza Mobayen; Parissa Bagheri
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 14 May 2025
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Objective: Burn injuries are a significant public health concern, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality rates. Mechanical ventilation (MV) is crucial in managing critically ill patients with extensive burns. This study aimed to determine the survival rate of burn patients under mechanical ...
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Objective: Burn injuries are a significant public health concern, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality rates. Mechanical ventilation (MV) is crucial in managing critically ill patients with extensive burns. This study aimed to determine the survival rate of burn patients under mechanical ventilation and identify the risk factors related to it. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at Velayat Hospital, affiliated with Guilan University of Medical Sciences, between March 21, 2011, and September 21, 2020. Data were retrieved from electronic hospital records and analyzed using SPSS version 28. Results: The mean age of survivors was 19.03±30.21 years, contrasting with 42.54±19.30 years in the deceased group. Among survivors, 30 were male (78.9%), while in the deceased group, 155 were male (64.9%). The average survival time in the intensive care unit was 18.33±1.36 days, with a median survival of 12±1.24 days. Significant differences were observed in age, length of stay, comorbidity, inhalation injury, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and acute kidney injury (AKI) between survivor and non-survivor groups (P<0.05). The Kaplan-Meier curve demonstrated a significant difference in survival probability between MV and non-MV groups (P=0.028), with higher survival probability observed in non-MV patients.Conclusion: Our findings indicate that factors such as age, length of stay, renal failure, ARDS, and sepsis are associated with increased mortality risk in mechanically ventilated burn patients. While these associations provide critical insights into potential risk factors, they should not be interpreted as causal relationships. Future research should explore these associations through interventional or longitudinal studies to establish causality and refine treatment strategies.
Sait Saif; Yahya Ibrahim; Peyman Bakhshayesh
Volume 8, Issue 2 , April 2020, , Pages 107-110
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Objectives: To assess whether intentional traumatic injuries are associated with higher mortality rate when compared to unintentional injuries. Methods: Data from SweTrau (Swedish National Trauma Registry). Information regarding age, gender, injury severity score (ISS), new injury severity score (NISS), ...
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Objectives: To assess whether intentional traumatic injuries are associated with higher mortality rate when compared to unintentional injuries. Methods: Data from SweTrau (Swedish National Trauma Registry). Information regarding age, gender, injury severity score (ISS), new injury severity score (NISS), Glasgow coma scale (GCS), systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate were collected via “SweTrau”. “Mortality within 30 days of injury” was defined as having been registered as dead within 30 days following the injury. Intentional injuries compared to non-intentional injuries. Multivariate regression analysis was conducted. Stepwise forward and backward regression was conducted. Results: A total number of 3875 patients were included. There were 3613 (93%) non-intentional and 262 (7%) intentional patients. The 30-day mortality rate was higher in the intentional group compared to non-intentional group, 10% vs. 4% (p<0.001). Patients in the intentional group were younger than the non-intentional group, at 39±18 vs. 47±21 years old (p<0.001). In both, the forward and backward tests injury intention remained statistically significant with OR 2 (CI 1.1-3.7). Shock (OR 4.7, CI 2.9-7.8), Severe Head Injury (OR 8.9, CI 5.3-14.7), Age ≥ 60 (OR 6.7, CI 4.1-10.8), ISS ≥16 (OR 10.8, CI 6.9-16.9) and ASA (OR 3.5, CI 2.2-5.7) were other factors affecting mortality. Conclusion: Injury intention was an independent factor contributing to mortality in our study. This particular cohort needs further attention during trauma management with a holistic insight to improve their survival.
Veldurti Ananta Kiran Kumar; Narayanam Sai Kiran; Valluri Anil Kumar; Amrita Ghosh; Ranabir Pal; Vishnu Vardhan Reddy; Amit Agrawal
Volume 7, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 355-360
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Objectives: To assess the impact, timing, the intra and early post-operative complications and the survival outcome of tracheostomy in critically ill neurosurgery patients. Methods: This study was a retrospective data mining where data was collected from hospital records from 175 consecutive patients ...
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Objectives: To assess the impact, timing, the intra and early post-operative complications and the survival outcome of tracheostomy in critically ill neurosurgery patients. Methods: This study was a retrospective data mining where data was collected from hospital records from 175 consecutive patients who underwent tracheostomy in the department of Neurosurgery at the Narayna Medical College Hospital, Nellore, India from Jan 2016 to April 2018. A proforma was used to note down the details on the patient status before and after tracheostomy: Glasgow coma scale (GCS), procedure and intra and post-operative complications, type of tracheostomy cannula, details of decannulation, respiration difficulties, and problems with wound, swallowing difficulties, and voice difficulties, stay in intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital and survival status of the patient. Results: In our series, mean age of TBI cases was 47.42±16.62; mean hospital stay and ICU stay was 18.81±10.22 and 12.58±7.36 days respectively. In all age groups, more tracheostomy was needed in cranial injury cases and surgery was major intervention. Commoner complications were mucous deposition (6.86%), blockage of tracheostomy canula (6.29%), bleeding from multiple attempts (6.06%), excessive bleeding (2.94%). Cranial injury needed tracheostomy more in all age groups and more done at operation theatre without significant improvement of GCS score. Survival was statistically higher after tracheostomy irrespective of GCS status or venue of intervention. Conclusion: Tracheostomy should be considered as soon as the need for airway access is identified during intervention of the critically ill neurosurgical patients.
