Citation

Adamo C, Esposito G, Lissia M, Vonella M, Zagaria N, Scuderi N. Burns 1995; 21(7): 536-538.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8540983

Abstract

This study describes the work carried out at the Burn Unit of the Neves Bendinha Hospital, Luanuda, Angola, during the 3-year period July 1991 to June 1994. During this period we admitted 2569 burned patients to our burn unit, and 4661 were treated on an outpatient basis. The data from the patients were analysed to indicate the distribution according to age, sex, TBSA, cause of the lesion and mortality. Our study gives some epidemiological data on burns in an undeveloped country undergoing a war, outlining the specific problems compared to the reality in civilized countries.

Language: en