epidemiology of burn injuries at a newly established burn care center in rasht
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background advances in the care of burn injuries have resulted from the efforts of regional patient-based specialist teams at burn care centers. objectives we conducted this study to assess the four-year epidemiology of burn injuries in rasht, iran. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, medical records of 2274 burn patients, treated at velayat hospital from january 2007 to december 2010 in rasht, iran, were assessed. age, sex, level of education, occupation, severity and degree of burn, burn surface area, burn cause and outcome of patients were evaluated. results in our study the overall mortality rate was 8.7%; 65.7% of patients were men and 34.3% were women. mean age of patients was 31.47 ± 22.67 years. mean total burn surface area (tbsa) was 15.24 ± 18.4. lowest tbsa was 0.5% and highest tbsa was 100%. significant associations were observed between age (p = 0.0001), place of residence (p = 0.004), level of education (p = 0.0001), unemployment (p = 0.0001), marital status (p = 0.021), causes of burn (p = 0.0001), tbsa (p = 0.0001) and mortality rate. in our study, no significant difference was observed between age and sex (p = 0.071). conclusions due to high prevalence of burn injuries in iran, increasing the level of awareness of the society as well as adhering to safety procedures both at home and workplace is recommended via implementing effective national safety policies.
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Epidemiology of Burn Injuries at a Newly Established Burn Care Center in Rasht
BACKGROUND Advances in the care of burn injuries have resulted from the efforts of regional patient-based specialist teams at burn care centers. OBJECTIVES We conducted this study to assess the four-year epidemiology of burn injuries in Rasht, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, medical records of 2274 burn patients, treated at Velayat hospital from January 2007 to De...
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