Sánchez-Zúñiga MJ, Garnica-Escamilla MA, Tamez-Coyotzin A

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To describe the experience of a third-level burn patient care center in Mexico City, which required reconversion to continuous care for the COVID and non-COVID population.
Materials and Methods: Retrospective analysis of severe burn patients and without burns, who were admitted to the COVID-19 unit of a burn center in 2020.
Results: Sixty-two patients with COVID-19 were included, mean age of 50.08 ± 22 years. Burned and unburned COVID-19 patients, in total 41 men and 21 women. Mortality was higher in women (9/21 women) versus men (3/41 men). Mortality in older adults burned was higher than in young adults (5 and 1, respectively). Out of 16 adults over 65 years without burns 6 died, compared to the group of young adults without burns in which nobody died.
Conclusions: Severe burns have a high mortality rate, when age, previous comorbidities and serious infections are added, mortality is considerably higher.

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