TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Epidemiology and outcome analysis of facial burns: a retrospective multicentre study 2011-2015
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Tian, Hao
A1  - Wang, Liangxi
A1  - Xie, Weiguo
A1  - Shen, Chuanan
A1  - Guo, Guanghua
A1  - Liu, Jiaqi
A1  - Han, Chunmao
A1  - Ren, Licheng
A1  - Liang, Yi
A1  - Liu, Jie
A1  - Lv, YanLing
A1  - Wang, Yuan
A1  - Zhang, Jiaping
A1  - Huang, Yuesheng
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND: The head and neck regions are frequent sites of burns, but few studies have analysed and reported the epidemiology of facial burns. As the face is the centre of one's identity and persona, facial injuries often result in physical and psychological morbidity. The aim of this article is to describe the epidemiology and outcome of facial burns in China and to suggest future preventive strategies. <br><br>METHODS: This retrospective analysis included all patients with facial burns in a database at eight institutions from 2011-2015. The data collected included sex, age, month distribution, aetiology, location, presence of inhalation injury, total burn surface area, burn surface area with full-thickness and outcome including Post-traumatic stress disorder Checklist-Civilian Version scores and mortality. SPSS 19.0 software was used to analyse the data. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 1126 patients were included; 65.63% (739) had facial burns, of which 546 (73.88%) were male patients and 193 (26.12%) were female patients. Predictors of facial burns were being of male sex, working-related place, flame burns, total body surface area, and full-thickness burns. In addition, total body surface area and full-thickness burns increased the risk of poor prognosis for post-traumatic stress disorder and mortality. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Facial burns benefit not only the healing of wound, but also the prevention of their incidence and PTSD symptom. This study may contribute to the elaboration of strategies to prevent facial burns and the establishment of a nationwide burn database in China.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2019.08.017
ID  - ref1
ER  -