{"title":"Brûlures Profondes Des Membres Inférieurs Chez Les Patients Diabétiques: À Propos De 30 Cas.","authors":"S Privé, M Benyamina, M Mimoun, M Chaouat","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We checked the files of 30 inpatients with diabetes and deep burns to the lower limbs. We looked for a diabetes-related neuropathy (60% had one), the context of the accident, the topography of burns, any delays before the first and possible subsequent surgeries, the length of stay, and return to walking, if achieved. Burns mostly involved distal parts of the lower limbs, were thermal in 90% with an intentional action in 43%, and frequently occurred in a bathing room (48%) during a footbath (54%). Mean time to the first surgery was day 3,35 and, when needed, the second one was performed 6,54 days later. Mean LOS was 14,6 days, eleven patients were walking again by this time. We found a significant (p<0.001) association between the time to the 1st surgery and time elapsed between the burn and hospitalization. The existence of a diabetes-related neuropathy is a risk factor of lower limb burns, provided it suppresses the alarm of pain. Early surgery seems to reduce the LOS.</p>","PeriodicalId":8392,"journal":{"name":"Annals of burns and fire disasters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10067137/pdf/Ann-Burns-and-Fire-Disasters-35-199.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of burns and fire disasters","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We checked the files of 30 inpatients with diabetes and deep burns to the lower limbs. We looked for a diabetes-related neuropathy (60% had one), the context of the accident, the topography of burns, any delays before the first and possible subsequent surgeries, the length of stay, and return to walking, if achieved. Burns mostly involved distal parts of the lower limbs, were thermal in 90% with an intentional action in 43%, and frequently occurred in a bathing room (48%) during a footbath (54%). Mean time to the first surgery was day 3,35 and, when needed, the second one was performed 6,54 days later. Mean LOS was 14,6 days, eleven patients were walking again by this time. We found a significant (p<0.001) association between the time to the 1st surgery and time elapsed between the burn and hospitalization. The existence of a diabetes-related neuropathy is a risk factor of lower limb burns, provided it suppresses the alarm of pain. Early surgery seems to reduce the LOS.
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"Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters" is the official publication of the Euro-Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters (MBC) and the European Burns Association (EBA). It is a peer-reviewed journal directed to an audience of medical as well as paramedical personnel involved in the management of burn injuries. The journal publishes original articles in the form of clinical and basic research, scientific advances. It publishes also selected abstracts from international journals.