Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review

Othman, Nasih; Kendrick, Denise

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-83

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“…Our results are consistent with others in demonstrating two main negative prognostic factors: high percentage of involved body surface area [13][14][15]19], and younger age [1].…”

Section: Prognostic Factorssupporting

confidence: 82%

“…This finding matches data from developing countries and differs from data in developed countries, where the largest age group is children aged 2-5 years [3,11]. Males accounted for 72% of patients, which corresponds with most reported studies [9,12,13], although some controversial findings have been published elsewhere [11,14,15]. Overall, 15% of cases of all burns were suicide-related and in 75% of cases women set themselves on fire.…”

Section: Risk Factorssupporting

confidence: 28%

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Burns in Tehran: demographic, etiological, and clinical trends

2014

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Background: Burns are a major public health problem. They often require intensive care and long periods of hospitalization. In Tehran, about 5% of all hospitalized injuries are burns. There are no published long-term epidemiological studies regarding burn injuries of adults in Iran. Objective: To identify risk factors for burn injuries and provide a starting point for the establishment of an effective prevention plan. Methods: We analyzed the demographic, etiological, and clinical data of 1860 burn patients admitted to a major acute care hospital in Tehran between March 2010 and April 2011. Data were obtained from the registry recorded in Shahid Motahari Trauma Hospital and evaluated using a chi-square test. Results: Males were more than twice as likely to be burn patients than females (72.0% vs. 28.0%). Second and third-degree burns with a body surface area of 21%-30% constituted the highest injury reported (75.3%). The most common causes of the recorded burns were natural gas, gasoline (42%) and open fire (10.2%). Unintentional burns were reported in 85% of the cases, and 15% of the burn victims were suicide-related incidents; mainly among women. In 75% of suicide attempts, women set themselves on fire to commit suicide. The mean duration of hospitalization was 25 days and the mortality rate was 10.7%. Mean age of reported deaths was 38.6 years; with a mean of 30 years among women and 51.5 years among men. Conclusion:The group at highest risk was young men 21-30 years old. However, an astonishing finding was that 75% of suicidal-related incidents involved women setting themselves on fire. Those with the highest mortality rate were victims of burns with gas, gasoline, and kerosene; with a mean age of 30 years of death among women.

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“…Our results are consistent with others in demonstrating two main negative prognostic factors: high percentage of involved body surface area [13][14][15]19], and younger age [1].…”

Section: Prognostic Factorssupporting

confidence: 82%

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confidence: 28%

Burns in Tehran: demographic, etiological, and clinical trends

2014

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“…In countries with cold climates, building fires are more common during winter [6]. High electricity consumption, dangerous heating sources, such as kerosene heaters, fireplaces, and wood stoves, as well as increased time spent indoors increase the fire ignition frequency [7,8]. However, the increased fire frequency may not tell the complete story.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cold Climate Structural Fire Danger Rating System?

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2018

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Worldwide, fires kill 300,000 people every year. The fire season is usually recognized to be in the warmer periods of the year. Recent research has, however, demonstrated that the colder season also has major challenges regarding severe fires, especially in inhabited (heated) wood-based structures in cold-climate areas. Knowledge about the effect of dry cellulose-based materials on fire development, indoor and outdoor, is a motivation for monitoring possible changes in potential fire behavior and associated fire risk. The effect of wind in spreading fires to neighboring structures points towards using weather forecasts as information on potential fire spread behavior. As modern weather forecasts include temperature and relative humidity predictions, there may already be sufficient information available to develop a structural fire danger rating system. Such a system may include the following steps: (1) Record weather forecasts and actual temperature and relative humidity inside and outside selected structures; (2) Develop a meteorology-data-based model to predict indoor relative humidity levels; (3) Perform controlled drying chamber experiments involving typical hygroscopic fire fuel; (4) Compare the results to the recorded values in selected structures; and (5) Develop the risk model involving the results from drying chamber experiments, weather forecasts, and separation between structures. Knowledge about the structures at risk and their use is also important. The benefits of an automated fire danger rating system would be that the society can better plan for potentially severe cold-climate fires and thereby limit the negative impacts of such fires.

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“…Burn injuries in Iran, like other developing countries, are much more common than in the USA and Europe (3). Investigations related to injuries in Iran have found that burns are the most common cause of injuries accounting for 40% of those injuries in all ages (4).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association Between Behavioral Responses and Burn Pain Intensity

Esfahlan¹,

Safiri²,

Lotfi³

et al. 2017

Trauma Mon

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Background: Few studies have assessed the association between behavioral responses and burn pain intensity. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the afore mentioned association in an Iranian adult population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 100 eligible burn patients referring to one of the referral teaching hospitals in the north-west of Iran. A numerical rating scale was used to assess pain intensity during dressing change (procedural pain) and rest time (background pain). A self-administered validated and reliable questionnaire was used to determine behavioral responses.

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Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review

Cited by 200 publications

References 64 publications

Burns in Tehran: demographic, etiological, and clinical trends

Burns in Tehran: demographic, etiological, and clinical trends

Cold Climate Structural Fire Danger Rating System?

Association Between Behavioral Responses and Burn Pain Intensity

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