Use of the Braden Scale to Predict Injury Severity in Mass Burn Casualties

Zhikang Zhu; Bin Xu; Jiaming Shao; Shuangshuang Wang; Ronghua Jin; Tingting Weng; Sizhan Xia; Wei Zhang; Min Yang; Chunmao Han; Xingang Wang

doi:10.12659/MSM.934039

02 February 2022 : Clinical Research

Use of the Braden Scale to Predict Injury Severity in Mass Burn Casualties

Zhikang Zhu^12ABCDEF, Bin Xu^12ABD, Jiaming Shao^12BCD, Shuangshuang Wang^123BC, Ronghua Jin^12CD, Tingting Weng^12CD, Sizhan Xia^12CD, Wei Zhang^12CD, Min Yang^12CD, Chunmao Han^12ABDG, Xingang Wang^12ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934039

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934039

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Table 1 Patient characteristics and potential predictors of injury severity.

	Non-severe (NISS <16)	Severe (NISS ≥16)	T/χ2 value	Sig. (2-tailed)
Gender			0.408^**	0.523
Male	76 (61.79%)	25 (67.57%)
Female	47 (38.21%)	12 (32.43%)
Age (y)	47.47±17.47	54.03±16.11	−2.036^*	0.043
Occupation			0.285^**	0.867
Farmer	72 (58.54%)	21 (56.76%)
Worker	44 (35.77%)	13 (35.14%)
Other	7 (5.69%)	3 (8.11%)
Hypertension			1.647^**	0.249
Yes	16 (13.01%)	2 (5.41%)
No	107 (86.99%)	35 (94.59%)
Diabetes			0.535^**	0.683
Yes	7 (5.69%)	1 (2.70%)
No	116 (94.31%)	36 (97.30%)
High risk of shock^#			16.131^**	0.001
Yes	1 (0.81%)	6 (16.22%)
No	122 (99.19%)	31 (83.78%)
>10% 2 degree burns			42.069^**	<0.001
Yes	5 (4.07%)	17 (45.95%)
No	118 (95.93%)	20 (54.05%)
Inhalation injury			27.501^**	<0.001
Yes	5 (4.07%)	13 (34.21%)
No	118 (95.93%)	24 (65.79%)
NRS	2.13±0.98	3.73±2.51	−3.786^*	0.001
GCS	14.99±0.09	13.24±3.36	3.164^*	0.003
Braden Scale	20.60±2.85	14.43±3.88	8.965^*	<0.001
ICU admission			69.113^*	<0.001
Yes	2 (1.63%)	13 (35.14%)
No	121 (98.37%)	24 (64.86%)
30-day hospital discharge			37.592^*	<0.001
Yes	115 (93.50%)	11 (29.73%)
No	8 (6.50%)	26 (70.27%)
NISS – New Injury Severity Score; NRS – numerical rating scale; GCS – Glasgow Coma Scale. Categorical variables are presented as numbers (%), and continuous variables as mean±SD. ^# High risk of shock is denoted by a value ≥1 for heart rate/systolic blood pressure. ^* Independent samples test or Mann-Whitney U test, depending on the normality of the data distribution. ^** Chi-squared or Fisher exact test, depending on the theoretical frequency of each grid.

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