Citation

Khorasani G, Salehifar E, Eslami G. J. Mazandaran Univ. Med. Sci. 2007; 17(61): 122-130.

Affiliation

Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences)

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Abstract

Background and Purpose: It has been reported that the cause of bum is an important factor in the determination of prognosis and outcome. Due to different results of various centers, we conducted this study to determine the relationship between cause of bum and outcomes including rate of infection, costs and mortality in Zare Hospital. Materials and Methods: This prospective study has been preformed on 113 patients from September 2006 to April 2007. The inclusion criteria were ages more than 10 years old and partial thickness or full thickness bum. Based on the clinical situation of patients, appropriate samples, such as swab, tissue biopsy, urine, blood and sputum were obtained. The relationship between cause of bums and different variables, including demographic data, infections, costs and mortality have been assessed by Chi-square test. Results: Flame injury was the most common type of bum (53.2% cases). Bum percent and days stayed in the hospital were 30.6 ± 21.2% and 21.6 ± 11.9 days, respectively. These variables were significantly higher in the patients with flame injury. The mean antibiotics and total cost of patients were 9834102 (+/- 11818945) and 24301863 (+/- 18872089) Rials. Electricity was the cause of bums in 11.5% of patients. The overall mortality was 29.3%. However, it was significantly different in patients with various causes of burns. Conclusion: Inappropriate outcomes in patients with flame injury were much severe and more common than other causes. There was a relationship between the cause of bum and demographic and psychosocial variables such as sex, marital status, residency, educational state, suicide intent and past medical history of patients.

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