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To better understand differences between elderly and younger patients with predominantly minor burns, we analyzed a multi-institutional database.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We reviewed the 2008-2020 ACS-NSQIP database to identify patients who had suffered burns according to ICD coding and underwent initial burn surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We found 460 patients, of which 283 (62%) were male and 177 (38%) were female. The mean age of the study cohort was 46 \u00b1 17 years, with nearly one-fourth (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 108; 23%) of all patients being aged \u226560 years. While the majority (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0= 293; 64%) suffered from third-degree burns, 22% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 99) and 15% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 68) were diagnosed with second-degree burns and unspecified burns, respectively. An average operation time of 46 min, a low mortality rate of 0.2% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1), a short mean length of hospital stay (1 day), and an equal distribution of in- and outpatient care (51%, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 234 and 49%, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 226, respectively) indicated that the vast majority of patients suffered from minor burns. Patients aged \u226560 years showed a significantly prolonged length of hospital stay (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;0.0001) and were significantly more prone to non-home discharge (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;0.0001). In univariate analysis, advanced age was found to be a predictor of surgical complications (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0= 0.001) and medical complications (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.0007). Elevated levels of blood urea nitrogen (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;gt;0.0001), creatinine (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;gt;0.0001), white blood cell count (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>=0.02), partial thromboplastin time (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.004), and lower levels of albumin (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0= 0.0009) and hematocrit (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;gt;0.0001) were identified as risk factors for the occurrence of any complication. Further, complications were more frequent among patients with lower body burns.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In conclusion, patients \u226560 years undergoing surgery for predominantly minor burns experienced significantly more complications. Minor lower body burns correlated with worse outcomes and a higher incidence of adverse events. Decreased levels of serum albumin and hematocrit and elevated values of blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, white blood count, and partial thromboplastin time were identified as predictive risk factors for complications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2023.1131293","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,27]],"date-time":"2023-02-27T05:14:30Z","timestamp":1677474870000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Association of age with perioperative morbidity among patients undergoing surgical management of minor burns"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Samuel","family":"Knoedler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dany 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