A predictive formula for the indication of airway management in burn patients
The developed formulas had good performance. In clinical practice, burn patients with screened risk factors (age > 49.5 years, later than 14.9 h, BI of total body > 14.5, BI of head/face/neck > 2.8, and with inhalation injury) were suspected for tracheotomy and could be further evaluated by the classification formula. If the calculated score was larger than 0.064, tracheotomy was very likely needed and planed tracheotomy would better be performed in 32.4 h after burns. Together, we provided an alternative strategy for determining the indication and timing of tracheotomy in burn patients.
Authors
- Wen Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0832-2453)
- Ning Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4701-3429)
- Xiaorong Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-2626)
- Gaoxing Luo
- Zhiqiang Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8139-8492)
- Wei Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4317-636X)
- Yue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6924-8969)
- Wei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-815X)
- Yumei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3261-2277)
- Haisheng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3221-4631)
Institutions
- Army Medical University (CN)
- Southwest Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European journal of medical research
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-03460-z
- Primary Topic
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing
- Southwest Hospital