Characteristics of patients resuscitated after burn related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Authors' conclusion
Patients with burn related OHCA have a poor prognosis; however, patients who sustain electrical shock injuries may do better.
Study context
- Population
- Hospitalised burn patients, Japanese nationwide burn registry, April 1, 2011–March 31, 2020256 burn related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
- Participants
- 16,995 patients
- Exposure
- Burn patients with vs without OHCA; among OHCA, survivors vs non-survivors
- OHCAn = 256
- Outcome
- Survival after admission (burn related OHCA)
Methodological detailsJapanese nationwide burn registry
- Japanese nationwide burn registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Flames most common injury mechanism in burn related OHCA
74%
Most common cause of death: carbon-monoxide poisoning
46%
Electrical burns: survived OHCA (8 of 12)
67%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Flame burn as injury mechanism — OHCA
- 74%
- Most common cause of death in burn related OHCA: carbon-monoxide poisoning
- 46%
- Survival of OHCA with electrical burns (n = 12)
- 67% · 8
Flame burn as injury mechanism
- Flame burn rate significantly higher in burn patients with OHCA than without OHCA
Non-survivors vs survivors (OHCA)
- Non-survivors had larger burn area, greater age and more complications (inhalation injuries, perineal burn injuries)
- Electrical burn injuries more common among survivors
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Original publication
Characteristics of patients resuscitated after burn related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 13 January 2023. doi:10.
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