Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Among burn patients, research is conflicted, but may suggest that females are at increased risk of mortality, despite the opposite being true in non-burn trauma. Our objective was to determine whether sex-based differences in burn mortality exist, and assess whether patient demographics, comorbid conditions, and injury characteristics explain said differences. METHODS:Adult patients admitted with burn injury-including inhalation injury only-between 2004 and 2013 were included. Inverse probability of treatment weights (IPTW) and inverse probability of censor weights (IPCW) were calculated using admit year, patient demographics, comorbid conditions, and injury characteristics to adjust for potential confounding and informative censoring. Standardized Kaplan-Meier survival curves, weighted by both IPTW and IPCW, were used to estimate the 30-day and 60-day risk of inpatient mortality across sex. RESULTS:Females were older (median age 44 vs. 41 years old, p < 0.0001) and more likely to be Black (32% vs. 25%, p < 0.0001), have diabetes (14% vs. 10%, p < 0.0001), pulmonary disease (14% vs. 7%, p < 0.0001), heart failure (4% vs. 2%, p = 0.001), scald burns (45% vs. 26%, p < 0.0001), and inhalational injuries (10% vs. 8%, p = 0.04). Even after weighting, females were still over twice as likely to die after 60 days (RR 2.87, 95% CI 1.09, 7.51). CONCLUSION:Female burn patients have a significantly higher risk of 60-day mortality, even after accounting for demographics, comorbid conditions, burn size, and inhalational injury. Future research efforts and treatments to attenuate mortality should account for these sex-based differences. The project was supported by the National Institutes of Health, Grant Number UL1TR001111.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Williams FN,Strassle PD,Knowlin L,Napravnik S,van Duin D,Charles A,Nizamani R,Jones SW,Cairns BAdoi
10.1007/s00268-019-05165-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-12-01 00:00:00pages
3035-3043issue
12eissn
0364-2313issn
1432-2323pii
10.1007/s00268-019-05165-xjournal_volume
43pub_type
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-002-6519-x
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s002680010203
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002689910054
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-017-4402-z
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-016-3843-0
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Substernal thyroidectomy (ST), as compared to conventional, cervical thyroidectomy, is a technically demanding procedure that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We tested the hypothesis that outcomes following ST are improved at centers that perform a high volume of thyroidectomies. METHO...
journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-007-9347-1
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Only few studies have compared laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (LTME) and open total mesorectal excision (OTME) for rectal cancer with follow-up longer than 5 years. The aim of this study was to compare 10-year oncologic outcomes after LTME and OTME for nonmetastatic rectal cancer. METHODS:We conduct...
journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-016-3631-x
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01655722
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF02066992
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-014-2775-9
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02067013
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00268-004-2062-2
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:: ...
journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 评论,信件
doi:10.1007/s00268-019-04919-x
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-018-4598-6
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01658552
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-002-6468-4
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-014-2879-2
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The present study was designed to evaluate the relationship between preoperative Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression in peripheral blood monocytes (PBMC) and the postoperative inflammatory cytokine secretion from PBMC, as well as the postoperative infectious complications in patients with gastrointestinal ca...
journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-010-0839-z
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-014-2680-2
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-015-3063-z
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-009-0348-0
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002680010238
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The radiological features of common benign conditions of the breast and the radiological procedures used in the investigation of benign breast disorders are presented. ...
journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF01658415
更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-009-0051-1
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-018-4823-3
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-005-0293-5
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A review of the recent literature is cited in support of the use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in Crohn's disease. The principal indications for this use are described and some of the disadvantages are discussed. ...
journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF02393566
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for worse outcomes after emergency abdominal surgery (EAS). However, it is unclear if the type of diabetes treatment (insulin or oral agents) has any effect on outcomes after EAS. METHODS:Matched cohort study utilizing the ACS NSQIP database. Patients with DM un...
journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-016-3469-2
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002689900508
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00