Mortality After Burn Injury in XXXX : A 33-year Population-Based Study.

@entity1 @entity204 @entity130
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of @entity130 sustained during childhood on long-term mortality and to quantify any increased risk of @entity204 attributable to @entity130 . METHODS: A population-based cohort study of @entity1 younger than 15 years hospitalized for @entity130 in Western Australia (1980-2012) and a matched noninjured comparison group. Deidentified extraction of linked hospital morbidity and @entity204 records for the period 1980-2012 were provided by the Western Australian Data Linkage System. An inception cohort (1980-2012) of burn cases younger than 15 years of age when hospitalized for a first @entity130 (n = 10   426) and a frequency matched noninjured comparison cohort (n = 40   818) were identified. Survival analysis was conducted by using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards regression. Mortality rate ratios and attributable risk percent adjusted for sociodemographic and preexisting heath factors were generated. RESULTS: The median follow-up time for the pediatric burn cohort was 18.1 years after discharge. The adjusted all-cause mortality rate ratios for @entity130 was 1.6 (95% confidence interval: 1.3-2.0); @entity1 with @entity130 had a 1.6 times greater rate of mortality than those with no injury. The index @entity130 was estimated to account for 38% (attributable risk percent) of all recorded deaths in the @entity130 cohort during the study period. CONCLUSIONS: @entity130 sustained by @entity1 is associated with an increased risk of long-term all-cause mortality. Estimates of the total mortality burden based on in-hospital deaths alone underestimates the true burden from @entity130 .
