title: Psychiatric status, prevention, and outcome in patients with burns: a prospective study.
abstract: One hundred consecutive patients admitted to the Tampa Bay Regional Burn Center were assessed to determine cause of injury, preburn psychiatric status, and outcome (survival, length of stay in the hospital, and emergence of new psychiatric or physiologic disorders). Patients with psychiatric disorders were more likely to have injuries that were preventable, and there was a trend for this group to have more emergent psychiatric disorders and longer lengths of hospital stay. We suggest that the Burn Severity Index might be revised to include the presence of preburn psychiatric disorders and then be evaluated in a larger group with use of the Burn Registry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Cruse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D016019:Survival Analysis