RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Risk factors for thromboembolism in burn patients admitted to the burn unit at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia JF Saudi Medical Journal JO Saudi Med J FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City SP 1027 OP 1031 DO 10.15537/smj.2019.10.23955 VO 40 IS 10 A1 Thamer A. Althunayan A1 Saad M. AlQarni A1 Waleed A. Mohsenh A1 Ahmed M. Alkhalifah A1 Abdullmajeed N. Alsadi A1 Omar S. Alrushid A1 Mohammad M. Al-Qattan YR 2019 UL http://smj.org.sa/content/40/10/1027.abstract AB Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in burn patients.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study eliciting the risk factors in burn patients who developed thromboembolism. The study took place at the Adult Burn Unit, King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Charts of all patients admitted to the burn unit from January 2010 to December 2016 were reviewed. Only patients 16 years of age and older were included. The research team with a consultant plastic surgeon developed the data sheet. A total of 304 patient records met the inclusion criteria. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the risk factors for developing VTE.Results: Out of the entire study group of 304 patients, the majority (88.8%) of the participants received prophylactic anticoagulation. Twelve patients (3.9%) developed VTE. All patients who developed VTE received prophylactic anticoagulation. Age, gender, body mass index, and degree of burn were not risk factors for VTE. However, electric burns were found to be an independent significant risk factor for developing VTE using a multivariate logistic regression.Conclusion: Conclusion: Electric burns were found to be the only independent significant risk factor of developing VTE.