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To determine whether risk-adjusted mortality differs across specialized burn care units and evaluate whether the speed of full-thickness wound closure impacts patient survival.

August 12, 1983JAMA

Mortality Differences and Speed of Wound Closure Among Specialized Burn Care Facilities

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To determine whether risk-adjusted mortality differs across specialized burn care units and evaluate whether the speed of full-thickness wound closure impacts patient survival.
Analyzed records from the National Burn Information Exchange covering 12,000 burn injury cases across 11 major American burn care units.
Adjusted institutional mortality rates for differences in patient mix and measured facility-level speed of full-thickness wound closure.
Adjusted mortality rates varied considerably across the 11 specialized facilities, differing by as much as a factor of two.
Facility speed of full-thickness burn wound closure was significantly associated with survival, with faster wound closure correlating with lower mortality.

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Multicenter registry analysis reveals substantial mortality variations linked to wound closure speed in burn patients, indicating that rapid surgical closure improves survival.

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Robert A. Wolfe (1983) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1911e17810f6ff1ed30e49 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1983.03340060041023

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Multicenter registry analysis reveals substantial mortality variations linked to wound closure speed in burn patients, indicating that rapid surgical closure improves survival.

Mortality Differences and Speed of Wound Closure Among Specialized Burn Care Facilities

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