Unfavorable outcome of burn patients with neuropsychiatric disorders.
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To assess the outcome of burn patients with neuropsychiatric disorders, we performed a 7-year retrospective review of burn patients admitted to the National Defense Medical College. Seventy-seven skin burn patients over 10 years of age were included in this study and divided into two groups, neuropsychiatry and control groups. The neuropsychiatry group consisted of self-inflicted burn patients (n=21) and burn patients with a neurological disorder (n=18), who could not move away from burning source due to neurological problems. The control subjects (n=38) had been healthy before burn. No significant differences in the age, gender or causes of burn were observed between the two groups. Notably, total burned surface area, area of full-thickness burn, and mortality are greater in the neuropsychiatry group than those in the control. However, after matching the patients for the severity of burn injuries, the above parameters show no significant differences between the two groups. Therefore, the outcome of the burned patients depends on the patients' will and ability to move away from the burning source. Whenever we treat severe burn patients, we should assess their neuropsychiatric conditions.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine
دوره 205 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005