Validation of Predictive Ability of Bobi Score in Burn Patients

Abstract

Besnik Faskaj and Monika Belba

Introduction: Scoring systems have been used successfully in burn centers to predict the prognosis and take measures for careful monitoring of the burned patient. Belgium Outcome Burn Injury score is one of them which takes into consideration age, burn surface area, and presence of inhalation burn.

Objectives: This presentation aims to validate the use of the BOBI prognostic score in our patients. Patients and Methods: The study is a retrospective analytical study that utilized the investigation of the medical charts of 1515 patients hospitalized with severe burns within the ICU of the Service of Burns in Tirana, Albania during 2010-2019.

Results: The overall mortality of our patients was 7.06% (107 deaths in 1515 patients). Up to BOBI score 6, we have noticed better mortality than prediction while there is a very good prediction up to score 10. Area Under the Curve was 0.978 (p<0.0001) which is an outstanding result in being a classifier between deaths and survivors.

Conclusions: BOBI score is a very good prediction score for mortality in burn patients.

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