Sepsis risk factor in mount Merapi eruption victims with 2nd or 3rd degree of burn injury

• Main Authors: Yamoguna Zega, Ishandono Dachlan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada 2018-03-01
• Series: Journal of the Medical Sciences
• Subjects: human saliva – aloe vera – natrium chloride – 2nd degree burn injury
• Online Access: https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/bik/article/view/16647

Sepsis is one of the fatal complications of burns. It is the most common cause of death from burns. Burn sepsis usually occurs after a burn injury develops into infection. This study was conducted to determine correlation between age, burn area, inhalation trauma, enteral nutrition start time, escarotomy time, and albumin level of sepsis in patients with 2nd or 3rd degree burn injury. This was a cross sectional study during May to June 2012. The subjects in this study were 39 victims of mount Merapi eruption in 2010 who suffered 2nd or 3rd degree of burns injury. The result showed the correlation between widespread burns, inhalation trauma, time of escarotomy, and albumin levels with sepsis (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the risk factor for sepsis in patients with 2nd or 3rd degree of burns injury are the area of burns (> 50%), inhalation trauma, time of escarotomy (> 72 hours), and albumin levels (<3.5g/dL).