Gender Disparity in Burn Injury Survival
Last updated on April 2022Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Terminated
- Estimated Enrollment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
- Admitted to University Medical Center with greater than 15% total body surface area burns
- Men and women ages 18 to 65 years
- Able to provide informed consent or has authorized representative to give informed consent
- Admitted to University Medical Center with greater than 15% total body surface area burns
- Men and women ages 18 to 65 years
- Able to provide informed consent or has authorized representative to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Prisoners or pregnant women
- Individuals with injuries that preclude taking caliper measurements
- Prisoners or pregnant women
- Individuals with injuries that preclude taking caliper measurements
Summary
- Conditions
- Burn Injury
- Obesity
- Design
- Observational Model: Case-Only
- Time Perspective: Prospective
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 65 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Consented patients admitted to University Medical Center with greater than 15% total body surface area burns will participate in this study. A skin-fold caliper measurement will be performed to determine body fat percentage. Serum samples will be obtained and assayed for inflammatory cytokines to es...
Consented patients admitted to University Medical Center with greater than 15% total body surface area burns will participate in this study. A skin-fold caliper measurement will be performed to determine body fat percentage. Serum samples will be obtained and assayed for inflammatory cytokines to establish whether or not a link between obesity in women and pro-inflammatory cytokines exists. If so, obesity may be a factor which contributes to the gender disparity in burn wound survival.
Inclusion Criteria
- Admitted to University Medical Center with greater than 15% total body surface area burns
- Men and women ages 18 to 65 years
- Able to provide informed consent or has authorized representative to give informed consent
- Admitted to University Medical Center with greater than 15% total body surface area burns
- Men and women ages 18 to 65 years
- Able to provide informed consent or has authorized representative to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Prisoners or pregnant women
- Individuals with injuries that preclude taking caliper measurements
- Prisoners or pregnant women
- Individuals with injuries that preclude taking caliper measurements
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT02029768
- Collaborators
- Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health
- Investigators
- Not Provided
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