Survival Time Analysis of Severly Burned Patients

Cho, Sung Hoon; Kim, Young Min; Yoon, Jae Chul; Yim, Hae Jun; Cho, Yong Suk; Kim, Dohern; Hur, Jun; Chun, Wook

Abstract

PURPOSE
The authors analyzed the survival time of severely burned patients who died and reviewed the time of the death after the burn injury. We aimed to determine any relation to the survival time with most important prognostic factors of the surface area burned and the age.
METHODS
Statistical analysis was performed on 275 severely burned victims who died at our burn center of Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2015 for 6 years.
RESULTS
1. The mean age was 50.12±18.2 years and the average burn size was 61.0±27.1% of total body surface area. 2. Most of the patients (90%) died within 45 days, and 80% died within 30 days. 40% of the patients died within 10 days after burn injury, 20% of the patients died between 10 to 20 days after burn injury, 20% of the patients died between 20 to 30 days after burn injury and the rapid decrease in the number of death was observed after 30 days of burn injury time. 3. The shorter survival time (x-axis) time was observed in the patients with larger area of the burned size (y-axis) and the longer survival time was observed with smaller area of the burned size. The negative correlation was shown as figure 1. 4. There was no correlation shown between the age and the survival time of burn victims after burn injury.
CONCLUSION
The mortality rate was significantly decreased at 30 to 40 days after burn injury. Therefore, the burn surgeons need more carefully and diversely plan and perform for the initial treatments since the initial surgical procedures determine the survival of severely burned patients.