Treatment Decisions in Patients With Potentially Nonsurvivable Burn Injury in Australia and New Zealand: A Registry-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Whilst burn-related mortality is rare in high-income countries, there are unique features related to prognostication that make examination of decision-making practices important to explore. Compared to other kinds of trauma, burn patients (even those with nonsurvivable injuries) may be relatively stable after injury initially. Complications or patient comorbidity may make it clear later in the clinical trajectory that ongoing treatment is futile. Burn care clinicians are therefore required to make decisions regarding the withholding or withdrawal of treatment in patients with potentially nonsurvivable burn injury. There is yet to be a comprehensive investigation of treatment decision practices following burn injury in Australia and New Zealand. Data for patients admitted to specialist burn

SUBMITTER: Tracy LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10152993 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature