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Subject Area

Plastic Surgery

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

Objectives To assess platelet count in predicting outcomes in major burn patients. Background Burns are one of the most common devastating forms of trauma. Burn patients are ideal hosts for opportunistic infections. A burn wound has a much higher incidence of sepsis as compared with other forms of trauma because of extensive skin barrier disruption and an alteration in cellular and humoral immune responses. Patients and methods This study included 30 cases of burn patients. This study was done at Menoufia University and Shebin Elkom Teaching Hospitals between October 2018 and October 2019. Routine platelet count was done on first, third, fifth, and seventh day by withdrawing 5 ml of venous blood by a 22 G needle into a plain tube mixed with 1.25 ml sodium citrate and then sent to a laboratory for platelet count. Results This study included 30 patients. All patients were admitted to the burn-ICU at Menoufia University Hospital with major burns. We had 14 female patients and 16 male patients in the period of this study. Also, of our patients, 21 recovered while nine patients died in our unit during this study with a mortality rate of 30%. Conclusion Platelet count can predict the outcome in major burn patients.

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