Epidemiologic Profile and Outcome of Hospitalized Burn Patients: 5 Year Experience at Burns Centre, Civil Hospital, Karachi

Authors

  • Ehmer Al-Ibran Departement of Burns, Civil Hopital Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences. Karachi, Pakistan
  • Masood Hussain Rao PMRC Research Center, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Syed Arsalan Ali Student, 4th Year MBBS, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Anum Saleem Student, 4th Year MBBS, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan.

Keywords:

Mortality in burn patients, cause of burn, type of burn

Abstract

Objectives

To evaluate the epidemiological pattern and outcome of the admitted burns patients at Burns Center, Civil Hospital, Karachi.

Methodology

A retrospective chart review was conducted on all the 3972 records available at Burns Center, Civil hospital, Karachi. The variables like age, sex, types of burn, mode of burn and outcome of the patients were recorded and evaluated.

Results

Out of 3972 records of the patients, majority of the patients (n=3139; 79.0%) had fire burns followed by electric burn (n=304; 7.7%), scalds (n=207; 5.2%) and chemical burns (n=119; 3.0%). Majority (n=2958; 74.5%) of the patients were between 16-40 years of age. Majority of the cases reported as accidental, however suicidal and homidicidal cases increased during the last five years. 64.2% were discharged home after successful recovery. The overall mortality rate was 31.2% in last 5 years. However mortality rate was reduced from 35.3% in 2009 to 28.1% in 2010 due to better treatment procedures and better recovery conditions in the hospital.

Conclusion

Majority of the hospitalized burn victims were adult males. Most of the burns were accidently sustained whereas intentional burns constituted only a small percentage. Fire burns was the predominant mode of injury. The mortality was 31.2%.

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2012-04-16

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Al-Ibran, E., Hussain Rao, M., Arsalan Ali, S. ., & Saleem, A. . (2012). Epidemiologic Profile and Outcome of Hospitalized Burn Patients: 5 Year Experience at Burns Centre, Civil Hospital, Karachi. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 6(1), 29–31. Retrieved from https://mail.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1524

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