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Ann Burns Fire Disasters ; 32(3): 216-221, 2019 Sep 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32313536

ABSTRACT

Burn injuries are serious lesions requiring specialized medical care, and are associated with prolonged length of hospital stay (LOS). This study aims to elucidate the epidemiological and clinical factors affecting the LOS of pediatric and adult patients with burn wounds. A single-centre retrospective study was conducted at the Hopital Libanais Geitawi Burn Centre in Lebanon. Medical records of patients admitted to the centre between January 2014 and December 2018 were retrieved. Epidemiological and clinical data, such as age, gender, LOS, co-morbidities, and clinical burn and operative characteristics were collected and subjected to statistical analysis. A total of 321 adult and 154 pediatric patients met the inclusion criteria. Mean LOS in the total population was 23.58 days. Univariate analysis revealed inconsistent correlations between the studied factors and the LOS of pediatric and adult patients. Factors positively affecting both populations were: undergoing an operation, number of operations, burn degree, infection, blood transfusion, and need for burn excision and grafting. Additionally, among pediatric patients LOS significantly increased with age, total body surface area (TBSA) burn wound, cause of burn, sepsis, wound dressing under anaesthesia, and escharotomy. On the other hand, female gender and fever were significant additional positive influencers of adult LOS. Multivariate analysis showed that both pediatric and adult LOS was significantly associated to number of operations, need for burn excision and skin grafting, and receiving a blood transfusion. Adult LOS was further affected by mechanical ventilation, infection and age. Our study demonstrated the differential influence of epidemiological and clinical factors among adult and pediatric populations, which allows better prediction of LOS and management of patients with burn injuries.


Les brûlures sont des pathologies sévères nécessitant une prise en charge spécialisée avec des durées de séjour élevées. Cette étude a pour but de préciser les facteurs épidémiologiques et cliniques influençant la durée de séjour, chez les adultes (321) et les enfants (154) brûlés. Elle a été réalisée dans le CTB de l'hôpital libanais Geitawi, en utilisant les dossiers des patients hospitalisés entre janvier 2014 et décembre 2018. Nous avons colligé et comparé le sexe, l'âge, la durée moyenne de séjour (DMS), les comorbidités, les données cliniques concernant la brûlure y compris la nécessité de chirurgie. La DMS était de 23,58 j. L'analyse univariée a retrouvé des paramètres influençant la DMS différents chez les enfants et les adultes. La DMS augmentait, dans les 2 populations, avec la nécessité de chirurgie (excision/greffe) et le nombre d'interventions, la profondeur de la brûlure, la survenue d'infection, la transfusion. Chez les enfants, on trouvait en plus l'augmentation de l'âge, la surface brûlée, certaines causes de brûlure, les incisions de décharge et les pansements sous AG. Chez l'adulte, la DMS augmentait chez les femmes et les patients fébriles. En analyse multivariée, le nombre d'interventions (excisions et greffes) et la transfusion restaient corrélés à l'augmentation de DMS. Chez l'adulte, l'infection, la ventilation mécanique et l'âge étaient 3 autres paramètres significatifs. Cette étude montre qu'il existe des paramètres différents corrélés à l'augmentation de DMS dans les populations brûlées d'adultes et d'enfants, ce qui permet une évaluation plus fine de la charge de soins et de la DMS à l'admission d'un brûlé.

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Pediatrie ; 43(8): 683-90, 1988.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3222133

ABSTRACT

From 1984 to 1987, 80 pediatric oncology patients were transferred from Algeria to the centre Léon-Bérard (Lyon, France). Diagnoses were mainly lymphomas neuroblastomas and bone tumours (75% of the total number of cases). Survival (39% at 46 months), number of hospitalization days (12,655) and cost (29,324,254 FF) were calculated. These costs were compared with the mean annual public health allocation per capita in Algeria and with the French limitations on accepting transfer of spending money for children from abroad. New directions are suggested to improve the efficiency of these transfers to optimize the use of limited resources in both countries and to increase survival of individual patients.


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Neoplasms , Patient Transfer , Algeria , Child , Evaluation Studies as Topic , France , Humans , Neoplasms/mortality , Patient Transfer/economics , Pediatrics , Retrospective Studies
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