Epidemiology of burns in the United Arab Emirates: Lessons for prevention

Grivna, Michal; Eid, Hani O.; Abu‐Zidan, Fikri M.

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2013.08.010

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“…The present study revealed that children especially those under the age of 5 years were more exposed to burn injuries especially scalds, which agrees with reports from other studies (Hemeda et al, 2003;Qader, 2012;Scheven et al, 2012;Mgahed et al, 2013;;Grivna et al, 2014;Stylianou et al, 2015), raising suspicions concerning child abuse either by omission or commission. Leaving children without supervision in the kitchen or bathroom may expose them to scalding either from boiling water and hot food spillage or turning on hot water taps and showers.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The present study revealed that flame burn represented the most common type of burn followed by scalds; which comes in accordance with results from other studies in Egypt, Kuwait, Portugal and Iraq (Attia et al, 2000;Hemeda et al, 2003;Sharma et al, 2005;El Hadidy et al, 2009;Qader, 2012;Bartosch et al, 2013). This finding was reversed in studies from South Africa (Scheven et al, 2012), England (Stylianou et al, 2015), United Arab of Emirates (Grivna et al, 2014) and Iran (Mirmohammadi, et al, 2012). In the present study, scalds followed by flame burns represented the most common burn hazard in females which corroborates reports from other studies (Forjuoh, 2006;Mirmohammadi, et al, 2012;Grivna et al, 2014).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…This finding was reversed in studies from South Africa (Scheven et al, 2012), England (Stylianou et al, 2015), United Arab of Emirates (Grivna et al, 2014) and Iran (Mirmohammadi, et al, 2012). In the present study, scalds followed by flame burns represented the most common burn hazard in females which corroborates reports from other studies (Forjuoh, 2006;Mirmohammadi, et al, 2012;Grivna et al, 2014). This might be explained by the fact that females are more involved in household and cooking activities.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Burned patients may undergo many surgical procedures, requiring long hospitalization that imposes a great burden on victims, families, and societies. Physical scars and psychological trauma resulting from the burn can last a lifetime (Peck, 2011;Grivna et al, 2014). Burn injuries may range from minor to fatal injuries.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Study of Burn Injuries in Patients Admitted to the Burn Unit, Suez Canal University Hospital: Medico-Legal Perspectives

Hashish

Abdel-Karim

2017

Mansoura Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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Burn injuries Medico-legal aspects Mortality predictors Burn injuries present a major public health concern. This study aimed to assess burn injuries and their outcome in patients admitted to the Burn Unit of Suez Canal University Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt from the medico-legal point of view and to determine factors that affect their mortality. The medical records of all patients admitted to the Burn Unit, Suez Canal University Hospital in the period between 1 st January 2013 and 31 st December 2014 were reviewed retrospectively. The total number was 292 patient, the mean age of patients was 17.5±17.2 years; children less than 5 years of age were more exposed to burn injuries (35.6%) than other age groups. Males constituted 68.1% of the study group, while 63% came from rural areas. Flame burns and scalds represented 48.2% and 44.9% respectively with a predominance of injuries in colder months. The majority of cases (72.6%) showed a percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) less than 20%. Upper extremities were most commonly affected (58.2%). A significant relationship was found between TBSA and each of: type of burn, duration of the hospital stay, ICU admission and outcome. A significant relation was also found between type of burn and each of: age, gender, and duration of hospital stay. Mortality rate was 5.5% of cases and septicemia was the most common cause of death (43.8%). Using stepwise logistic regression, TBSA and ICU admission were the only detected mortality predictors.

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A Study of Burn Injuries in Patients Admitted to the Burn Unit, Suez Canal University Hospital: Medico-Legal Perspectives

Hashish

Abdel-Karim

2017

Mansoura Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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“…To avoid high burns cases, well-equipped burns care units should be created in all district tertiary care centres with specialists working round the clock to provide better care to the community. [17]…”

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Epidemiology and Outcomes of Burns Patients Admitted in a District Tertiary Care Centre, Vellore

Soundarapandiyan¹,

Periyasamy²,

Udhayasankar³

2017

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BACKGROUNDBurn Injuries are one of the leading causes of death in all medicolegal cases in developing countries like India. Burn Injuries are the most common mode of death in dowry deaths. MATERIALS AND METHODSThe study was conducted as a retrospective study. The study includes all burn injury patients who got admitted in our tertiary care centre. The details were analysed. RESULTSTotally 1016 patients were included in this study. Among them, patients aged between 21 to 30 years and 31 to 40 years constitute the major portion of burn injury patients in both sexes. In this study, 41-50% burns diagnosis made in maximum number of patients. Almost 89% burns patients had varying depth of burns. Most of the burn injury occurs in home around 82%. Most common nature is accidental, followed by suicidal. Most common cause of burns was due to fire. 50.19% of burns patients suffered from >40% of burns. Most number of deaths occurred because most of them suffered >40% of burns due to its severity. CONCLUSIONThis study helps to improve the burns safety regulations, creating awareness among the public and improve the burns care unit facilities.

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Five-year epidemiology of liquefied petroleum gas-related burns

Jin

et al. 2018

Burns

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Epidemiology of burns in the United Arab Emirates: Lessons for prevention

Cited by 18 publications

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A Study of Burn Injuries in Patients Admitted to the Burn Unit, Suez Canal University Hospital: Medico-Legal Perspectives

A Study of Burn Injuries in Patients Admitted to the Burn Unit, Suez Canal University Hospital: Medico-Legal Perspectives

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Burns Patients Admitted in a District Tertiary Care Centre, Vellore

Five-year epidemiology of liquefied petroleum gas-related burns

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