WOUND CHANGES FOLLOWING DELAYED ADMISSION TO THE BURN CENTER

Ebral Yiğit; Yasemin Demir Yiğit

doi:10.5937/sanamed0-45459

Ebral Yiğit Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital Department of General Surgery, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Yasemin Demir Yiğit Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Diyarbakır, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/sanamed0-45459

Keywords: burn, admission delay, mortality, morbidity

Abstract

Introduction: This retrospective clinical study aimed to investigate patient profiles and wound degree changes, as well as cultural details, resulting from delayed admissions to burn centers following burn trauma.

Methods: Patients were categorized into five groups based on the time of hospital admission after the burn trauma: 0 days, 1^st day, 2^nd day, 3^rd day, and 4^th day and beyond.

Results: During the study period, 1092 patients were admitted to the hospital on the day of their burn trauma. A total of 324 (22.8%) patients—131 (40.4%) women and 193 (59.6%) men—were admitted to the hospital 1 day or more after the trauma. These patients were admitted to the hospital 3.77 (min=1, max=27 ) days after receiving the burn, on average.

Of the 324 patients admitted to the hospital after 1 day, 57.9% were rural residents, and 42.1% were urban residents. The most common cause of wound site infection was Staphylococcus aureus, with 20.18%.

No statistically significant difference existed between the number of days of delayed hospital admission and the duration of hospitalization.

Conclusion: Delays in hospital admission significantly influence changes in burn wound conditions.

Author Biographies

Ebral Yiğit, Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital Department of General Surgery, Diyarbakır, Turkey.

ORCID: 0000-0001-8766-0754

Yasemin Demir Yiğit, Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Diyarbakır, Turkey

ORCID: 0000-0002-6426-8490

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