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ArticleClinical epidemiology2018

Risk of pneumonia in patients with burn injury: a population-based cohort study.

Chi-Ho Chan, Shun-Fa Yang, Han-Wei Yeh, Ying-Tung Yeh, Yu-Hsun Wang, Ying-Hock Teng, Chao-Bin Yeh

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Article in Clinical epidemiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Combined therapy with nebulized and intravenous colistin for the treatment of multidrug resistance pneumonia in burn patients: experience from a third referral burn care center in Mexico City.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  3. Association of inhalation injury with ventilator-associated pneumonia and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with burns: A retrospective study.Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT = Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire : RCTR · 2026
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  4. Post-burn Lung Inflammation Is Associated With Induction of Pulmonary Cathelicidin-related Antimicrobial Peptide and S100a8 in Mice.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2025
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  5. Inhalation Injury.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2024
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  6. Innate Immune System Response to Burn Damage-Focus on Cytokine Alteration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chi-Ho ChanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Shun-Fa YangDepartment of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Han-Wei YehSchool of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Ying-Tung YehGraduate School of Dentistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yu-Hsun WangDepartment of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Ying-Hock TengDepartment of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, sky5ff@gmail.com.
Chao-Bin YehDepartment of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, sky5ff@gmail.com.
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TWChung Shan Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBurns are the main cause of accidental injury, and pneumonia is a common respiratory disease in humans.

aimThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between burn injury and pneumonia. PATIENTS AND

methodsA nationwide population-based cohort study was conducted using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. We identified and enrolled 2,893 subjects with burn injury, who were individually matched to 2,893 subjects in the comparison group by using the propensity score. Furthermore, we used a self-controlled case-series design to estimate the temporal association between burn injury and pneumonia.

resultsExposure to burn injury revealed a higher risk of pneumonia than that to non-burn injury within 1 year. The Cox proportional hazards model revealed that, compared with the non-burn injury, burn injury yielded a 2.39-fold (95% CI=1.44-3.96) increase in risk of pneumonia. The exposure period of burn injury within 30 days showed 2.76-fold increase in risk of pneumonia (95% CI=1.44-3.96) compared with that in the baseline period.

conclusionBurn injury was associated with a significant increased risk of pneumonia, especially occurring within 30 days.

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burn injuryodds ratiopneumonia

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PMID30214313
PMCPMC6121749
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