| Complications of the hypercoagulable status in burn injury. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 16879922 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Burn patients commonly exhibit signs of thrombogenicity, theoretically, puts them at risk for thromboembolic complications. However, the literature is controversial, and the real impact of these complications is yet unknown. We reviewed a series of 3331 burned patients to study the incidence of arterial thrombosis, deep venous thrombosis, and pulmonary thromboembolism. Ten patients presented with thrombotic complications, which accounted to a raw incidence of 0.3%. One complication occurred in the paediatric population (incidence of 0.1%) and nine in the adult population (incidence of 0.37%). There were three arterial thromboses (AT) of the common femoral artery, one in an 8 years old boy and two in two adult male patients. The other seven patients had deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the inferior extremities and three of them presented with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Thrombotic complications represented 3.38% of all deaths in our burn population. Despite the hypercoagulable status of burn patients, thrombotic complication and related mortality continue to have a low impact in this population. |
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Authors:
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Juan P Barret; Peter G Dziewulski |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study Date: 2006-08-01 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries Volume: 32 ISSN: 0305-4179 ISO Abbreviation: Burns Publication Date: 2006 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-11-03 Completed Date: 2007-04-27 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8913178 Medline TA: Burns Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1005-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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St. Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom. jpbarret@vhebron.net |
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Adult Burns / complications* Child Female Humans Male Pulmonary Embolism / etiology Thromboembolism / etiology Thrombophilia / etiology* Thrombosis / etiology* Venous Thrombosis / etiology |
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