title: Mortality according to age and burned body surface in the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital.
abstract: The application of updated clinical protocols for the treatment of burned patients is showing very good results. The mortality curves according to age and the percentage of burned body surface could be of great use for the comparison of clinical results between different burns units. The probability of survival in 1000 consecutive patients admitted to the Burns Unit of the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital between July, 1993 and August, 1997, is compared, by graphic analysis, with the mortality curves of other centers, obtaining similar results. We conclude that the results of medical attendance in our unit are in line with those considered as a reference.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Quemados, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gómez-Cía
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mallén
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Márquez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Portela
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001684:Biological Dressings; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002563:Cerium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011336:Probability; D012151:Resuscitation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; C046337:cerous nitrate, sulfadiazine silver drug combination; D002563:Cerium; D009020:Morphine; C010882:chlorhexidine gluconate; D002710:Chlorhexidine; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine