A program to decrease hospital stay in acute burn patients

Joseph Still; Keith Donker; Edward Law; Dharma Thiruvaiyaru

doi:10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00044-2

A program to decrease hospital stay in acute burn patients

Joseph Still, Keith Donker, Edward Law, Dharma Thiruvaiyaru

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A program of early excision, increased outpatient care, and aggressive discharge planning was introduced gradually over a 5 yr period from 1991 to 1995 with the goal of decreasing the length of stay for burn patients. Results from 1 January 1991, to 30 June 1993, were compared with results from 1 July 1993 to 31 December 1995. Burns under and over 25 percent were considered separately. There was a significant reduction in LOS of 51.4 percent for burns under 25 percent. There was also a significant reduction in LOS of 23.7 percent for burns over 25% TSA. There was no significant difference in age, burn size or mortality between the early and late groups.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	498-500
Number of pages	3
Journal	Burns
Volume	23
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00044-2
State	Published - Sep 1 1997
Externally published	Yes

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Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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