Burn related mortality in Greater Manchester: 11-year review of Regional Coronial Department Data

Hussain, Atif; Dunn, Ken

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2014.10.008

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“…In 22 studies from 13 countries (Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Oman, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States) a decrease of burn-related mortality has been reported [9,14,16,19,21–23,25,27–29,32,33,37,38,43,44,46,47,52,54,55]. Four studies (from China, Finland, the Netherlands and Singapore) could not detect any trends [8,20,31,41], and only in 1 study from Bulgaria an increase of burn mortality has been observed [15].…”

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Recent trends in burn epidemiology worldwide: A systematic review

Smolle

Cambiaso‐Daniel

Forbes

et al. 2017

Burns

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Burn injuries have been more prevalent among low socioeconomic populations and in less developed regions. Incredible advances in burn care and social development over the recent decades, however, should have placed the incidence and severity of burns in a downwards trend. The aim of this review was to give an overview on current trends in burn epidemiology across the world. Also the socioeconomic development in countries that have published epidemiological data used in this study has been taken into account when comparing the results. There was a worldwide downwards trend of burn incidence, burn severity, length of hospital stay, and mortality rate. These findings were particularly pronounced in very highly developed countries. Data from highly and medium developed countries were more heterogeneous. No studies could be obtained from low developed countries. Comparisons between the different studies were compromised by the fact that studies emerged from specialized facilities on one hand and general hospitals on the other. Analyzed studies were also frequently focusing on limited patient populations such as “children” or “elderly”. Our findings indicate the need for an international burn database with a minimal data-set in order to obtain objective and comparable results in respect of burn epidemiology.

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Recent trends in burn epidemiology worldwide: A systematic review

Smolle

Cambiaso‐Daniel

Forbes

et al. 2017

Burns

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“…With the increase in age, the number of patients with burn injuries decreased, likely due to the growing awareness of the risk of burns. In addition, scalds, which accounted for the largest proportion of burns in this age group, mainly resulted from hot liquids, including hot water, rice porridge and soup (23). Although the incidence rate was high for children, the mortality rate was relatively low.…”

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Epidemiological analysis of 9,779 burn patients in China: An eight‑year retrospective study at a major burn center in southwest China

Yin

Lin²,

Zhan

et al. 2019

Exp Ther Med

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Burns are tissue injuries caused by high temperature, chemicals or electricity. Severe burns may involve all of the organs and tissues of the human body, leading to a series of pathophysiological processes and even death. The present study reviewed the clinical data of burn patients, including cases of burn-associated death, to provide evidence for the strategy of burn prevention. Basic information from 13,205 inpatients treated between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2016 was extracted from the database of the Institute of Burn Research at Southwest Hospital (Chongqing, China). After excluding 3,426 inpatients who were not primarily treated for burns, 9,779 patients remained; among them, 68 cases (0.7%) had died as a direct consequence of the burns. Based on baseline data, the mortality rate, total body surface area of the burn (TBSA), age, sex, cause of injury and complications were analysed. In general, males accounted for a higher percentage than female burn patients. Of the patients, 95.54% had a TBSA of <50%, and the rate of mortality of the patients was increased when the TBSA was ≥50%. The major causes of injury were scalds (41.60%), fire (26.92%) and electricity (15.29%), and the majority of victims were 14 years or younger. With improvements in burn treatment technology in recent years, burn patient mortality was significantly reduced. Complications, including multiple organ failure and severe systemic infection, may reduce the survival rate of patients. The major risk factors for death included burns resulting from explosions, as well as shock, age (aged 0-1 or ≥50 years), greater TBSA and full-thickness burn area. With increasing length of stay at the hospital, patient mortality decreased. The renewal of treatment concepts and refined patient management contributed to the shorter LOS and lower mortality in 2015 and 2016.

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“…The behavioural features may differ from those in adults, and are likely to vary during their childhoods, dependent on the age and stage of the child's development. Reports of children's involvement in domestic fires tend to be in the form of epidemiological studies of fire injury and fatality incidence or case series (Shai 2003, Holborn 2003, Mulvaney 2009, Hussain 2014. Such reports do not include the voice of the child.…”

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Children and young people’s behaviour in accidental dwelling fires: A systematic review of the qualitative literature

2017

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Children and young people are considered one of the most vulnerable population groups when exposed to accidental dwelling fires. Understanding how children behave in these circumstances and the reasons for their decision making are important to support rescue and fire safety education. We undertook a systematic review of the qualitative literature to identify studies where children and young people were asked to recount their experiences of being in an accidental dwelling fire in order to inform UK Fire and Rescue Service training and fire safety education programmes. We found no studies designed specifically to explore children's behaviours in dwelling fires, and only four studies (including 39 children's stories) where their behaviours had been recorded coincidentally to the main study aim. The evidence arising from these stories was frequently incomplete, often out of date (15-20 years old), and 38/39 (97%) of stories were from the United States. This review indicates there is inadequate evidence of the current lived experience of children in accidental dwelling fires to support fire and rescue services in either their fire and rescue training or community fire safety education activities, particularly for non-US countries.

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Burn related mortality in Greater Manchester: 11-year review of Regional Coronial Department Data

Cited by 33 publications

References 48 publications

Recent trends in burn epidemiology worldwide: A systematic review

Recent trends in burn epidemiology worldwide: A systematic review

Epidemiological analysis of 9,779 burn patients in China: An eight‑year retrospective study at a major burn center in southwest China

Children and young people’s behaviour in accidental dwelling fires: A systematic review of the qualitative literature

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