Despite advances in medical and surgical techniques, older adults tend to be at high risk for adverse outcomes following @entity130 . The purpose of this study was to examine the relative impacts of age and medical comorbidities on outcome following injury in a cohort of older adults. This was a retrospective study of all @entity1 age 55 and over admitted to the University of Washington Burn Center from 1999 to 2003. To examine the effect of baseline medical comorbidities on outcome, a Charlson Comorbidity Index score was calculated for each @entity1 . Multivariate regression analyses were used to examine the impact of age and comorbidities on mortality and other complications. @entity1 records were also matched with the National Death Index to determine the effects of age and comorbidities on mortality within 1 year following hospital discharge. A total of 325 @entity1 who were of 55 years and older were admitted to the burn center during the 5-year study period. The overall mortality rate was 18.5%. Mortality was independently associated with age, @entity130 , and burn size. One-year mortality was significantly associated with those older than age 75 and the Charlson score. Longer length of stay was significantly associated with burn size, @entity130 , and total number of in-hospital complications. This study demonstrates that @entity1 age-independent of baseline medical comorbidities-and TBSA burn are the most significant factors impacting in-hospital mortality risk following @entity130 . Higher number of medical comorbidities was associated with increased mortality risk within 1 year following discharge.

Influence of comorbidities and age on outcome following XXXX in older adults.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'Patient'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['inhalation injury', 'burn injury']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['burn injury']
