title: Impact of para-neurologic and para-mental premorbidities on burn injury patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this article was to determine whether there are differences in the progression, mortality and morbidity of these premorbid patients compared to normal burn injury patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, 26 premorbid cases (8 males, 18 females; mean age: 30.8 years; range: 3-74 years) hospitalized in the Dicle University Burn Center between July 2007 and November 2009 were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Appreciation of the pathophysiological basis of the premorbidity in burn patients is important. When the treatment for premorbid burn patients is planned, the associated co- or premorbidity must be kept in mind. To improve the outcome of the treatment, considerable attention must be paid to these patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article gives an overview of the current literature regarding premorbid patients in the Turkish population and draws attention to this specific topic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Burn Center, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey. drmbozkurt@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kapı
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gedik
authors.forename: Samet Vasfi
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kuvat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology