Eight years experience of a regional burns unit in Saudi Arabia: clinical and epidemiological aspects

Al-Shlash, Saud; Warnasuriya, Narada; Shareef, Z. Al; Filobbos, Philip; Sarkans, E.; Dusari, S. Al

doi:10.1016/0305-4179(95)00169-7

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“…In our study, the overall mortality rate was 14.3%, which are lower than the study conducted by De-Souza et al (1) and Mukerji et al (9) and higher than other studies. (17)(18)(19) This difference may be partly explained by the varying severity of burns, if we compare only the patients with an equal burned BSA, the mortality rate observed in our unit is similar to that of other centers. De-Souza et al (1) reported a mortality rate of 59.4% for patients with burned BSA of more than 40%.…”

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A Five Year Burn Unit Experience at King Hussein Medical Center : 2005 to 2009

Abo-Samin¹,

Haddaden²,

Abo-Lail³

et al. 2013

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Objective: To describe the demographic characteristics, age, gender, monthly distribution, causes of burns, burned Total Body Surface Area, site of injury and mortality among burn patients referred to the burn unit at the Royal Rehabilitation Center. Methods: The medical records of 400 patients (range, one day to 95 years of age) admitted to the Royal Rehabilitation Center Burn unit at King Hussein Medical Center during the period between January 2005 and December 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. A specially designed medical record abstract form was used to collect the relevant data. Simple descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, percentage, Pie and Bar charts) were used to describe the study variables. Result: The highest risk age group of burn injuries was from one day to 14 years of age (n=156, 39%), with the greatest number of injuries occurring to children who were between one to two years of age. The overall male-to-female ratio was 1.5:1. Seasonal variations had an influence on the increased number of admissions to the burn unit where the frequency increased in the winter season, and mainly in January and February. Scalding was the major cause among pediatric burns. Direct flame burns were the most frequent cause of burns in adults and the second-leading cause in children. Trunk and arms were mostly affected by burns. Fifty-seven patients died, with an over all mortality of 14.3%, the mortality rate in children was 2.3 %, and the mortality rate in adult males and females were 7.0 % and 5.0%, respectively. The average percentage of burns for all patients was 27.2%, while it was 59.9% in the deceased patients. Conclusion: Children are at high risk from burn injuries, the main cause of which is scalding. Among adults, the main cause of burn injuries was flame burns. The mortality rate is highly related to the percentage of burn. Most burns are preventable and, hence, educational programs should be included in the school and university curriculum to inform the public about the causes of burns and methods of prevention social network media should be in the program.

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A Five Year Burn Unit Experience at King Hussein Medical Center : 2005 to 2009

Abo-Samin¹,

Haddaden²,

Abo-Lail³

et al. 2013

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“…In remote areas of Southern (Aseer, Tehama) region, some parents used to treat their sick children by burning the skin of the patient (Kawi). 8 …”

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Family profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Nabi

2016

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“…23 The age distribution of this study especially in infants was in median age groups which was similar to other studies done by Afraseyabi, Ansari-lari, Groohi, Rastegar and Shalash and also similar to other study results. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]23 A 59% of cases in this study were male and 41% were female that in similar studies the frequency of male was in range 55.6% to 72% in other studies. 20,23,24 As you can see in these studies the number of male was higher than female and in line with our study results.…”

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“…Of all cases, 21% of patients remained for longer than 10 days in hospital. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Results showed that the mean age of patients in all studies in Iran were lower than 25 years. In studies done in near countries, the mean age of patients was in range 1 to 30 years which was in line with our study results.…”

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Epidemiological study of burns registered in Fatemi hospital in Ardabil, 2016

2018

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Background: Burns after traffic accidents, falls and interpersonal violence are the fourth most commonly damaged worldwide. Annually more than 11 million people suffered to sever burns that most of them need for interventions and according WHO statistics, yearly more than 300000 people die from fire-related burns and most of them occurred in low income countries. The aim of this study was Epidemiological study of burns registered in Fatemi hospital in Ardabil, 2016.Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study has been done on 200 burns registered in burn unit of Fatemi hospital in 2016. Information included age, sex, residence place (urban-rural), marital status, time and area of burn, percent and degree of burn, cause and mechanism of burn, hospitalized time and result of treatment completed by a checklist and analyzed by statistical methods in SPSS version 19.Results: Of all patients, 118 (59%) were male, 62.5% rural and 50% single. Most of burns occurred in age group less than 10 with 33%. The most common cause of burns was hot liquids with 51.5%. Most of cases had burn in degree 2 (71%) and 53.5% of cases hospitalized five days in hospital. 93.5% of patients improved and discharged.Conclusions: Results showed that most of burns in this study occurred in age group less than 10 year. So, that it is necessary to prevent these events in future by taking the necessary measures and control and prevention by families.

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Eight years experience of a regional burns unit in Saudi Arabia: clinical and epidemiological aspects

Cited by 29 publications

References 21 publications

A Five Year Burn Unit Experience at King Hussein Medical Center : 2005 to 2009

A Five Year Burn Unit Experience at King Hussein Medical Center : 2005 to 2009

Family profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Epidemiological study of burns registered in Fatemi hospital in Ardabil, 2016

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