Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2022
Abstract
Burn injury is associated with endothelial dysfunction and coagulopathy and concomitant inhalation injury (IHI) increases morbidity and mortality. The aim of this work is to identify associations between IHI, coagulation homeostasis, vascular endothelium, and clinical outcomes in burn patients. One hundred and twelve patients presenting to a regional burn center were included in this retrospective cohort study. Whole blood was collected at set intervals from admission through 24 hours and underwent viscoelastic assay with rapid thromboelastography (rTEG). Syndecan-1 (SDC-1) on admission was quantified by ELISA. Patients were grouped by the presence (n = 28) or absence (n = 84) of concomitant IHI and rTEG parameters, fibrinolytic phenotypes, SDC-1, and clinical outcomes were compared. Of the 112 thermally injured patients, 28 (25%) had IHI. Most patients were male (68.8%) with a median age of 40 (interquartile range, 29–57) years. Patients with IHI had higher overall mortality (42.68% vs 8.3%; P < .0001). rTEG LY30 was lower in patients with IHI at hours 4 and 12 (P < .05). There was a pattern of increased abnormal fibrinolytic phenotypes among IHI patients. There was a greater proportion of IHI patients with endotheliopathy (SDC-1 > 34 ng/ml) (64.7% vs 26.4%; P = .008). There was a pattern of increased mortality among patients with IHI and endotheliopathy (0% vs 72.7%; P = .004). Significant differences between patients with and without IHI were found in measures assessing fibrinolytic potential and endotheliopathy. Mortality was associated with abnormal fibrinolysis, endotheliopathy, and IHI. However, the extent to which IHI-associated dysfunction is independent of TBSA burn size remains to be elucidated.
Persistant Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4502
Publisher
Oxford
Permanent Email Address
Tuan.Le@uttyler.edu
Recommended Citation
Keyloun, John W.; Le, Tuan D.; Brummel-Ziedins, Kathleen E.; Mclawhorn, Melissa M.; Bravo, Maria C.; Orfeo, Thomas; Johnson, Laura S.; Moffatt, Lauren T.; Pusateri, Anthony E.; and Shupp, Jeffrey W., "Inhalation Injury Is Associated With Endotheliopathy and Abnormal Fibrinolytic Phenotypes in Burn Patients: A Cohort Study" (2022). School of Medicine Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 1.
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Copyright © 2021, © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. This article is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/) license and permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.