Management of Burn Injuries in Brazil by Total Body Surface Area Affected
Hospitalizations in BCUs were associated with lower transfer rates and higher rates of surgical intervention. However, BCUs also reported higher mortality rates, suggesting that they likely provided care to the most severely injured burn patients until their final outcomes, whether recovery or death. Despite non-BCUs with plastic surgery treating burns with higher mean TBSA, BCUs had higher mortality, suggesting that BCUs receive patients with unmeasured risk factors beyond TBSA and serve as referral centers for the most complex cases.
Authors
- Paulo Henrique Moreira Melo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6147-5833)
- S Salomão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9446-9327)
- Cynthia Florêncio de Mesquita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4146-2098)
- João Oliveira Góes Neno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-9178)
- D. J. Mooney
- Lauren Kratky
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Microsoft (Brazil) (BR)
- Hospital São Paulo (BR)
- McGill University (CA)
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2026-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70275
- Primary Topic
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00