Prehospital Care of Burn Patients and Trajectories on Survival.

We sought to identify factors associated with the prognosis and survival of burn patients by analyzing data related to the prehospital treatment of burn patients transferred directly to the burn unit from the accident site. We also aimed to assess the role of prehospital physicians and paramedics providing care to major burn patients. This study included adult burn patients with severe burns treated between 2006 and 2010.

Multiple organ failure as a cause of death in patients with severe burns.

The aim of this study was to investigate the causes of death in patients with burns using both medicolegal autopsy reports and clinical data collected during treatment to specify irreversible organ dysfunctions leading to death. Burn deaths occurring in the Helsinki Burn Center from 1995 to 2005 were identified in the hospital database. The clinical charts and medicolegal autopsy reports were retrieved and compared.

Prevalence of adrenal haemorrhage in non-surviving patients with burns.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of adrenal haemorrhage (AH) in non-surviving patients with severe burns by combining the clinical notes and autopsy data.

Methods: A retrospective review of all adult (age >18 years) burn patients who died in the Helsinki Burn Centre, Helsinki, Finland during 1.1.

Comparison of premortem clinical diagnosis and autopsy findings in patients with burns.

Introduction: Despite the diagnostic advancements, some clinically important diagnoses remain undetected during intensive care in burn patients. The aim of this study was to compare the premortem clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective review of all burn deaths during 1995-2005 was conducted.