Foreign-National Burn Patients in a Border-Region Burn Center

NCT07673796 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: GCH-BURN-FOREIGN-2026
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,400
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This retrospective cohort study will evaluate burn patients hospitalized and treated at the Burn Center of Gaziantep City Hospital between October 2023 and June 2026. The study aims to compare demographic characteristics, burn severity, clinical course, and in-hospital outcomes between Turkish citizens and foreign-national burn patients. Data will be obtained retrospectively from patient files, discharge summaries, intensive care records, operative notes, and the hospital information management system. Variables will include age, sex, nationality status, burn etiology, total body surface area burned, inhalation injury, sepsis, intensive care unit admission, mechanical ventilation requirement, surgical treatment requirement, number of operations, length of hospital stay, discharge status, transfer to another center, and in-hospital mortality. No additional intervention, diagnostic test, treatment, or follow-up procedure will be performed as part of this study. All analyses will be conducted using anonymized or coded retrospective clinical data.

Conditions

Burn Injury; Burns

Keywords

Burn injury; Burn center; Foreign-national patients; Refugees; Border region; Retrospective cohort; Total body surface area; Inhalation injury; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Sepsis; In-hospital mortality; ABSI score; Revised Baux score; Ryan-based modified clinical score

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• In-hospital mortality

  In-hospital mortality will be evaluated as death occurring during the index hospitalization for burn injury. The frequency of in-hospital mortality will be compared between Turkish citizen burn patients and foreign-national burn patients.

  From hospital admission to hospital discharge, transfer to another center, or death, assessed retrospectively up to September 2026.

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Intensive care unit admission

  During the index hospitalization for burn injury, assessed retrospectively up to September 2026.

• Mechanical ventilation requirement

  During the index hospitalization for burn injury, assessed retrospectively up to September 2026.

• Burn severity scores

  At hospital admission or based on initial clinical records, assessed retrospectively up to September 2026.

Study Arms (2)

Turkish Citizen Burn Patients

Burn patients who were hospitalized and treated at the Burn Center of Gaziantep City Hospital and were classified as citizens of the Republic of Türkiye according to hospital records. Data will be collected retrospectively from routine medical records. No intervention will be assigned by the investigators.

Foreign-National Burn Patients

Burn patients who were hospitalized and treated at the Burn Center of Gaziantep City Hospital and were classified as foreign-national patients according to hospital records. Data will be collected retrospectively from routine medical records. No intervention will be assigned by the investigators.

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population will consist of all pediatric and adult burn patients hospitalized and treated at the Burn Center of Gaziantep City Hospital between October 2023 and June 2026 who meet the eligibility criteria. Patients will be classified as Turkish citizens or foreign-national patients according to hospital records.

You may qualify if:

• Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of burn injury in patient files, discharge summaries, or hospital information management system records.
• Patients whose nationality status can be classified as Turkish citizen or foreign-national according to hospital records.
• Patients with available basic demographic, clinical, and in-hospital outcome data.
• Patients of all age groups and both sexes.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients evaluated only for consultation without hospitalization at the Burn Center of Gaziantep City Hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gaziantep City Hospital: lead

Related Publications (3)

• Cinar MA, Dinler E, Erkilic A, Bayramlar K. Epidemiology and Outcome Analysis of Refugees in the Burn Intensive Care Unit: Experience of a Burn Center in Turkey. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2025 Sep 30;38(3):191-197. eCollection 2025 Sep.

  PMID: 41479634 BACKGROUND

• Yuce Y, Acar HA, Erkal KH, Arditi NB. Retrospective analysis of patients with burn injury treated in a burn center in Turkey during the Syrian civil war. Saudi Med J. 2017 Jan;38(1):93-96. doi: 10.15537/smj.2017.1.16448.

  PMID: 28042637 BACKGROUND

• Albayrak Y, Temiz A, Albayrak A, Peksoz R, Albayrak F, Tanrikulu Y. A retrospective analysis of 2713 hospitalized burn patients in a burns center in Turkey. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2018 Jan;24(1):25-30. doi: 10.5505/tjtes.2017.82342.

  PMID: 29350364 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burns; Sepsis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Wounds and Injuries; Infections; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Inflammation; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Bekir Suat Kürkçüoğlu, MD

  Gaziantep City Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Bekir Suat Kürkçüoğlu, MD

CONTACT

+90 505 583 04 63; bekirsuat@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 23, 2026
• First Posted: June 29, 2026
• Study Start: July 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Last Updated: June 29, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share