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Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy
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3/2022
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Temperature management of adult burn patients in intensive care: findings from a retrospective cohort study in a tertiary centre in the United Kingdom

Jennifer Driver
1
,
Alexandra Fielding
2
,
Randeep Mullhi
3
,
Elizabeth Chipp
3
,
Tomasz Torlinski
3

  1. Bristol Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS FT, United Kingdom
  2. Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  3. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT, United Kingdom
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2022; 54, 3: 226–233
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ait.2022.119131
Online publish date: 2022/09/02
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Introduction
Patients with major burn injury are prone to hypothermia, potentially resulting in an increase in mortality and length of hospital stay. Our study comprehensively evaluates the practicalities of physiological thermoregulation and temperature control in the largest cohort of critically ill adult burn patients to date.

Material and methods
This retrospective study of routinely collected patient data from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the West Midlands Burn Centre was conducted over a three-year period (2016–2019). Data were analysed to assess temperature control against local and International Society for Burn Injury (ISBI) standards.

Results
Thirty-one patients with significant burn injuries, requiring active critical care treatment for more than 48 hours were included (total body surface area [TBSA] mean = 42.7%, SD = 18.1%; revised Baux score [rBaux] = 99, SD = 25). The majority were male (77.29%) with an average age of 44 years (17–77 years). The patients were cared for in the ICU for a total of 15 119 hours. Hypothermia, defined as core temperature below 36.0°C, was recorded for 251 hours (2% of total stay). Only 27 patients (87%) had their temperature ≥ 36°C for more than 95% of their admission. Non-survivors were more prone to hypothermia during their stay in ICU. There was an association between rBaux score and post-opera­tive temperature, with a 0.12°C decrease per 10 points increase in rBaux score (P = 0.04).

Conclusions
We have observed a high variability of temperature control between individual patients, especially in non-survivors, and have demonstrated an association between high rBaux score and poor temperature control, specifically during the postoperative period.

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surgery, burn, intensive care, hyperthermia, temperature, adult, hypothermia, thermoregulation, intensive therapy, critical care
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