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ArticleEuropean burn journal2025

The Role of Previous History of Muscle Wasting in Burn Outcomes-A Burn Care Quality Platform Study.

Elizabeth Blears, Jagger Godarzi, Sharon Shania, Krish Kondisetti, Julie Caffrey, Andrew J Murton

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Elizabeth BlearsDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tower Health-Reading Hospital, 420 S 5th Ave, West Reading, PA 19611, USA.
Jagger GodarziDrexel University College of Medicine, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-8254-9193
Sharon ShaniaDrexel University College of Medicine, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Krish KondisettiPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
Julie CaffreyBayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, 4940 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5782-3532
Andrew J MurtonSealy Center on Aging and Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9474-9113

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Abstract

backgroundBurn patients can suffer prolonged hospital stays, infections, and wound breakdown. Given the complexity of burns, it is often difficult to determine which underlying factors contribute to complications. The Burn Care Quality Platform (BCQP) is the largest database of burn patients globally available, and it accounts for underlying or coinciding disease conditions present in burn patients. Muscle wasting conditions, such as sarcopenia, cachexia, and protein malnutrition, are suspected of causing worse outcomes. Prior analysis of BCQP data (2000-2017) demonstrated that patients with muscle wasting had prolonged hospitalization and adverse outcomes.

methodsBuilding on our previous work, we extended logistic regression analysis to BCPQ data through 2022 to assess whether reporting and outcomes had changed.

resultsUpdated BCQP data demonstrated a statistically significant increase in mortality in cachexia vs. non-muscle wasting patients (Odds Ratio [OR]: 2.2 [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.3-3.7],

conclusionsBurn care could be augmented by better diagnosis of underlying conditions that predispose to muscle wasting.

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