Epidemiology and Evaluation of 1073 Burn Patients in the South-east of Iran.

[摘要] Abstract:Background:Burninjuryisoneofthemajorcausesofmorbidityandmortalityworldwide.Inadditiontothefinancialburdenitinflictsonthehealthcaresystem,itcanleadtopsy-chological,socialandphysicaldistressbothtothepatientandfamilymembers.Theaimofthisstudywastodeterminetheepidemiologicalparametersinhospitalizedburnpa-tient.Methods:Inacross-sectionalstudyweevaluateddataof1073hospitalizedburnpatientsinZahedanKhatamAlAnbiahospitalfrom2005-2008.Alldatawereextractedfrommedi-calrecordandanalyzebySPSSsoftware.AP-valuelessthan0.05wasconsideredsignifi-cant.Results:Among1073patientwithacuteburn,55.4%weremaleand44.6%werefemale.Themeanagewas20.94yearoldandmeansizeofburnareawas49.11±29.65totalbodysurfacearea(TBSA).Totalbodysurfaceareaburnedwassignificantlyhigherinthosewithself-burn(p=0.0001).Inchildrenyoungerthan15year-oldscalds(hotliquid)wasthemostfrequentcauseofburn(44%).Therewasahigherincidenceofself-burninginwom-en(p=0.0001)andthemeanlengthofhospitalstaywas6.32±5.27days.Themortalityrateinself-burnpatientwas87.34%andintotalcaseswas41.47%.Conclusion:Inthepresentstudy,mostoftheburnswerenotedin16to20yearsagegroup,andmoreinmalethaninfemalesubjects.Burnwasmorefrequentinchildrenandadultnessandtheyareconsideredhigh-riskgroupswithhighermortalityandmorbidity.Thisshowsaneedforcomprehensiveburnpreventionprograms

[学科分类] 基础医学

[关键词] Burn;Epidemiology;Hospitalized Patients;Trauma;Surgery