An epidemiological survey of burn injuries in rural area, Bhopal: A cross-sectional study

Yasmin

Int J Community Med Public Health

et al. 2018

Background: Burn despite being easily preventable is a critical health problem worldwide. With effective managements there is decline in burn cases in developed countries but trend is still rising in developing countries like India. This study was conducted to know the socio-demographic profile and pattern of burn injury in patients admitted in burn unit of tertiary care hospital.Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted for a period of six months using semi-structured questionnaire for data collection. The patient or accompanying person was interviewed after taking consent. Clinical assessment was done to find% of total body surface area (TBSA) involved and most severely affected body part.Results: A total of 123 patients were admitted in burn unit. Female (72.3%) predominance was found with most common age group being 21-40 years. Majority was Hindus (72.4%), residing in rural area (79.7%) and married (60.2%). Accidental burn was in 92.7%, mostly occurring at home (91%). Flame burn was common in female and electric burn in male. Burn injury mostly involved up to 30% of TBSA (44.7%) with upper limb (39%) most severely injured. Only 35% were admitted on the same day of injury. Infection (57.7%) and amputation (7.3%) were two common complications. There were 12 (9.8%) deaths during the study period.Conclusions: Most vulnerable were female with flame burn due to unsafe cooking practices. Infection was the most common complication. Death was more in those who delayed admission in hospitals.

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confidence: 91%

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Pattern of burn injury among patients admitted in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Jharkhand

Yasmin

Int J Community Med Public Health

et al. 2018

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

“…This may be due to high exposure of males to industrial and recreational burns, in addition to fire causing activities as smoking and careless handling of inflammable materials (Attia et al, (1997). On the other hand, Bhardwaj and Sinha, (2012) found that burned females were more common than males in Chiraya Hospital, Bhopal, India (54.7% and 45.3% respectively).…”

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confidence: 93%

Medico-legal Aspects of Burned Cases Admitted to Burn Unit in Tanta University Hospital

Heshmat

Maklad

Noor

et al. 2014

Background: Burns continue to be a medical, psychological and economic problem in developed and developing countries. Burns in Egypt represent a major problem as compared with heart diseases, malignancy and road accidents. Objectives: Accordingly, this work was conducted to study the medico legal aspects of burned cases and the magnitude of burn problem in Burn Unit in Tanta University Hospital. Study design: This study was cross sectional, conducted over six months where (160) burned cases admitted to Burn Unit in Tanta University hospital from the start of March 2013 to the end of August 2013. All the patients were included except old burn injuries. Patients were interviewed, clinically examined and investigated, and then data were collected in a specially designed sheet for every patient. Results: One hundred and sixty cases admitted to Burn Unit in Tanta University Hospital during a period of six months from the start of March 2013 to the end of August 2013. The highest percentage of patients was among the age group less than 10 years (38.125%). The majority of the studied cases were distributed among males (58.1%) in rural areas (61.9%). Burns at home constituted (84.4%) of burns. Concerning the agent causing burn, flame constituted (51.9%) followed by scald (37.5%), chemical (6.3%) and electrical burns (4.4%). Most flame burns were due to explosion of gas cylinder. Most burns were of second degree (49.37%), distributed all over the body (43.8%) and involved 15-30% total body surface area (TBSA) (40%). Accidental burns accounted for 95% of all cases followed by suicidal and homicidal cases (3.1 and 1.9% respectively). All suicidal cases were females, caused by flame and distributed all over the body with involvement of more than 60% TBSA. While homicidal cases were males in urban areas. Respiratory complications were the commonest cause of death (38.9%). It could be concluded that intensive educational programs concerning burn dangers, proper prevention, safety measures and regular servicing of gas appliances must be followed. Psychological autopsy is needed in suicidal cases.

“…Bhardwaj S. D, Singha U, found 46.5% cases wearing synthetic garments. 9 Gowri S, Naik V. A. et al mentioned 65% female victims were wearing synthetic cloths at the time of incidence. 10 Major numbers of cases received treatments and subsequently died in hospital (82.87%).…”

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confidence: 99%

Pattern of Fatal Burn Injury Cases- Three Years Study at A.M.C.H. Mortuary

Pathak¹,

Das²,

Gogoi³

2017

jemds

BACKGROUNDBurn injury is one of the most important causes of death in India. Fire related burn is also a leading cause of disability and disfigurement. It is usually seen that most of the victims are hailed from lower socio economic background. This study was conducted to observe epidemiological factors relating to burn death so that preventive measures can be taken. Study Design-It is an observational descriptive study. MATERIALS AND METHODSThis study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam from January 2013 to December 2015. All burn death cases which came for postmortem examination were included in the study. The data was obtained in predesigned proforma and analysed accordingly. RESULTSMajority of the victims were found to be female (509 cases, 83%). Commonest age group was from 21 years to 30 years. During winter season (November to February) highest incidences occurred and majority of the victims were belonged to lower socio economic group. Majority of the victims died in hospital under treatment. (82.87%) while 17.12% cases died on the spot or on the way to the hospital. CONCLUSIONIn our study it was noticed that majority of the victims were from lower socio economic group, illiterate and house wife and they usually use unsafe mode of source of fire for cooking and other purposes. Educating people by various means regarding fire hazards and safety measures and use of safe fire appliances will reduce the incidences of burn related injury and death.