Adherence of Burn Outpatient Clinic Referrals to ABA Criteria in a Tertiary Center: Creating Unnecessary Referrals?

ABSTRACT: Initial assessment and triage of burns are guided by the American Burn Association criteria for referral to a burn center. These criteria are sensitive but not specific and can potentially lead to over-triage and "unnecessary" clinic visits. We are a Level 1 trauma center with burn subspecialty care, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, referrals to our multidisciplinary outpatient burn clinic required triaging for virtual care appointments. In order to improve the triage process, we retrospectively reviewed our outpatient burn clinic referrals over a 2-year period, 2018 to 2019, for adherence to American Burn Association criteria. We collected data pertaining to patient and burn characteristics, as well as treatment outcome, to characterize referrals not requiring an in-person appointment. O

SUBMITTER: Chambers SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8344558 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature