Characteristics of burn patients transported by ambulance to treatment facilities in Akita Prefecture, Japan

Epidemiology and outcome analysis of 6325 burn patients: a five-year retrospective study in a major burn center in Southwest China

“…1C), which is the hottest period in southwest China. The Abbreviated Burn Severity Index (ABSI)17, the Baux score18 and the Prognostic Burn Index (PBI)19 were calculated to quantify the extent of each burn. The ABSI, Baux score and PBI were highest in September and lowest in February (Figure S1).…”

“…Combining as many different scoring systems as possible is recommended to achieve rigorous conclusions32. In this study, we chose three classical, widely used scoring systems with different factors: the Baux score (first described in 1961 and updated in 2010, this score includes age, TBSA and inhalation injury)18; the ABSI (first described in 1982 and revised in 2011, this index includes gender, age, TBSA, inhalation injury and presence of full-thickness burns)17; and the PBI (first described in 2002, this index includes TBSA of different burn depths and age)19. Although the differences between the AUC of the ABSI, Baux score and PBI were not statistically significant, the AUC of the ABSI was the highest, and the ROC of the ABSI was smoother than that of the other scoring systems (Figure S3).…”

Validation of the prognostic burn index: A nationwide retrospective study

“…Yasuda et al [10] proposed the prognostic burn index (PBI) in 1986 as follows: PBI = BI + age. The PBI, which is simple to calculate and a more pathophysiologically adequate scoring system than the Baux score, gained popularity and is widely used in Asian countries [4][5][6][7][11][12][13], and is recommended to use in the current Japanese Society for Burn Injuries guidelines [14]. However, previous validation studies of PBI (Yasuda et al [10] and Chen et al [13]) were limited by a small sample size (n = 30 and n = 141, respectively), and manuscripts were written in Japanese and Chinese, respectively.…”

Does direct transport to provincial burn centres improve outcomes? A spatial epidemiology of severe burn injury in British Columbia, 2001–2006

“…18,[25][26][27] During our study period, an estimated 60% of patients transferred to VGH or RJH required intubation for airway management compared with 35% of patients directly transported (RR 1.94, 95% CI 1.26-3.00) and experienced a 5.1 increase in RR of death (95% CI 2.24-11.83) after adjusting for covariates. However, it is commonly believed that risk of death associated with intubation is generally less than that associated with missing the diagnosis of inhalation injury or losing an airway during transport.…”