Early fasciotomy in electrically injured patients as a marker for injury severity and deep venous thrombosis risk: An analysis of the national burn repository

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 882-887

  Pannucci, Christopher J ^a   Osborne, Nicholas H ^a   Jaber, Reda M ^a   Cederna, Paul S ^a   Wahl, Wendy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTRIC INJURY; FASCIOTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; BURNS, ELECTRIC; FASCIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 78649331356     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181f93597     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. DeKoning EP, Hakenewerth A, Platts-Mills TF, Tintinalli JE. Epidemiology of burn injuries presenting to North Carolina emergency departments in 2006-2007. Burns 2009;35: 776-82.
2. Miller SF, Bessey P, Lentz CW, Jeng JC, Schurr M, Browning S; ABA NBR Committee. National Burn Repository 2007 report: a synopsis of the 2007 call for data. J Burn Care Res 2008;29:862-70; discussion 871.
3. Arnoldo B, Klein M, Gibran NS. Practice guidelines for the management of electrical injuries. J Burn Care Res 2006;27: 439-47.
4. Arnoldo BD, Purdue GF. The diagnosis and management of electrical injuries. Hand Clin 2009;25:469-79.
5. Fish RM, Geddes LA. Conduction of electrical current to and through the human body: a review. Eplasty 2009;9:e44.
6. Chung KK, Blackbourne LH, Renz EM, et al. Global evacuation of burn patients does not increase the incidence of venous thromboembolic complications. J Trauma 2008;65: 19-24.
7. Fecher AM, O'Mara MS, Goldfarb IW, et al. Analysis of deep vein thrombosis in burn patients. Burns 2004;30:591-3.
8. Harrington DT, Mozingo DW, Cancio L, Bird P, Jordan B, Goodwin CW. Thermally injured patients are at significant risk for thromboembolic complications. J Trauma 2001;50: 495-9.
9. Pannucci CJ, Osborne NH, Wahl WL. Venous thromboem-bolism in thermally injured patients: analysis of the national burn repository. J Burn Care Res In press.
10. Caprini JA. Thrombosis risk assessment as a guide to quality patient care. Dis Mon 2005;51:70-8.
11. Geerts WH, Bergqvist D, Pineo GF, et al. Prevention of venous thromboembolism: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Chest 2008;133:381S-453S.
12. Hunt JL, McManus WF, Haney WP, Pruitt BA Jr. Vascular lesions in acute electric injuries. J Trauma 1974;14:461-73.
13. Cooley BC, Szema L, Chen CY, Schwab JP, Schmeling G. A murine model of deep venous thrombosis: characterization and validation in transgenic mice. Thromb Haemost 2005; 94:498-503.
14. Lazarus HM, Hutto W. Electric burns and frostbite: patterns of vascular injury. J Trauma 1982;22:581-5.
15. Latenser BA, Miller SF, Bessey PQ, et al. National Burn Repository 2006: a ten-year review. J Burn Care Res 2007;28: 635-58.
16. Jeng JC. Advisory Committee to the National Burn Repository. "Open for business!" a primer on the scholarly use of the national burn repository. J Burn Care Res 2007;28:143-4.
17. Randell P. Mondor's disease and electrocution. Australas J Dermatol 2003;44:75-6.
18. Mocumbi AO. Deep-vein and intracardiac thrombosis of unclear aetiology: possible association with intermittent low-voltage electrical trauma. Cardiovasc J Afr 2009;20:138-41.
19. Scott JR, Klein MB, Gernsheimer T, Honari S, Gibbons J, Gibran NS. Arterial and venous complications of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in burn patients. J Burn Care Res 2007;28:71-5.
20. Masaki F, Isao T, Aya Y, Nakayama R, Tadaaki Y, Hideyosi T. Extensive thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and portal vein following electrical injury. Burns 2005;31:660-4.
21. Patel A, Lo R. Electric injury with cerebral venous thrombosis. Case report and review of the literature. Stroke 1993;24: 903-5.
22. Anguenot JL. Antenatal renal vein thrombosis after accidental electric shock in a pregnant woman. J Ultrasound Med 1999;18:779-81.
23. Akinci M, Ay S, Kamiloglu S, Ercetin O. Lateral arm free flaps in the defects of the upper extremity\a review of 72 cases. Hand Surg 2005;10:177-85.
24. Comerota AJ, Stewart GJ, Alburger PD, Smalley K, White JV. Operative venodilation: a previously unsuspected factor in the cause of postoperative deep vein thrombosis. Surgery 1989;106:301-8; discussion 308-9.
25. Wahl WL, Brandt MM, Ahrns KS, et al. Venous thrombosis incidence in burn patients: preliminary results of a prospective study. J Burn Care Rehabil 2002;23:97-102.
26. Xiao J, Cai BR. A clinical study of electrical injuries. Burns 1994;20:340-6.
27. Jeng JC, Parks J, Phillips BL. Warding off burn injuries, warding off database fishing expeditions: the ABA burn prevention committee takes a turn with a glimmer from the National Burn Repository. J Burn Care Res 2008;29:433-4.
28. Wibbenmeyer LA, Hoballah JJ, Amelon MJ, et al. The prevalence of venous thromboembolism of the lower extremity among thermally injured patients determined by duplex sonography. J Trauma 2003;55:1162-7.