Sex-based Differences in the Outcomes of Admitted Burns Patients in Urban India: A Multi-centre Cohort Study

Out of 9 million thermal injuries, 2.6 million new burns cases were from India in 2017. Factors which contribute to mortality in burns patients are %TBSA burns, age and inhalation injury. Historically, sex did not influence the outcomes of burn injury. Recent studies among burns patients corelate female sex to increased mortality independent of other factors, but the Indian literature is deficient in establishing if this increased mortality is merely a result of sex-based differences in other variables.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Monty Khajanchi, Dhanashree Moghe, Devi Bavishi Tags: Trauma, Burn, and Critical Care Source Type: research