Journal article
Osteomyelitis Increases the Rate of Amputation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Lower Extremity Burns
Journal of burn care & research, Vol.41(5), pp.981-985
09/23/2020
DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraa106
PMID: 32597956
Abstract
In patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), amputation rates exceed 30% when lower extremity osteomyelitis is present. We sought to determine the rate of osteomyelitis and any subsequent amputation in our patients with DM and lower extremity burns. We performed a single-site, retrospective review at our burn center using the institutional burn center registry, linked to clinical and administrative data. Adults (>= 18 years old) with DM admitted from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2018 for isolated lower extremity burns were eligible for inclusion. We evaluated demographics, burn characteristics, comorbidities, presence of radiologically confirmed osteomyelitis, length of stay (LOS), inpatient hospitalization costs, and amputation rate at 3 months and 12 months after injury. We identified 103 patients with DM and isolated lower extremity burns. Of these, 88 patients did not have osteomyelitis, while 15 patients had radiologically confirmed osteomyelitis within 3 months of the burn injury. Compared to patients without osteomyelitis, patients with osteomyelitis had significantly increased LOS (average LOS 22.7 days vs 12.1 days, P = .0042), inpatient hospitalization costs (average $135,345 vs $62,237, P = .0008), amputation rate within 3 months (66.7% vs 5.70%, P < .00001), and amputation rate within 12 months (66.7% vs 9.1%, P < .0001). The two groups were otherwise similar in demographics, burn injury characteristics, access to healthcare, and preexisting comorbidities. Patients with DM and lower extremity burns incurred increased LOS, higher inpatient hospitalization costs, and increased amputation rates if radiologically confirmed osteomyelitis was present within 3 months of the burn injury.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Osteomyelitis Increases the Rate of Amputation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Lower Extremity Burns
- Creators
- Rabia Nizamani - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillStephen Heisler - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLori Chrisco - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillHarold Campbell - Mountain Area Health Education CenterSamuel W. Jones - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFelicia N. Williams - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of burn care & research, Vol.41(5), pp.981-985
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/jbcr/iraa106
- PMID
- 32597956
- ISSN
- 1559-047X
- eISSN
- 1559-0488
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/23/2020
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984755392002771
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