Etiology and Prognosis in Burning of Children and Adolescents During 2009-2019.
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2023-03
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Light House Polyclinic
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Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the etiology and prognosis in burn children and adolescents referred to Shahid Motahari Trauma and Burn hospital. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on burn children and adolescents who were hospitalized in Shahid Motahari Burns Hospital between 2009 and 2019 due to burns. Results: In this study, 3,520 patients were studied; of which 2,151 subjects were boys (61.1%) and 1,369 subjects were girls (38.9%). The mean age of the subjects was 2.84 ± 3.66 years. 138 (3.9%) patients died in the study. The relationship between mortality and gender was not statistically significant (P value = 0.336). The highest percentage of burns was 10 to 19% in 1284 patients (36.63%) and the lowest was 80 to 89% burns in 7 patients (0.19%). In terms of burn site, the most areas related to the trunk, lower limbs except the legs and upper limbs except the hands with 22.56%, 18.95%, and 18.45%, respectively, and the lowest related to the legs and the whole body with 6.39% and 8.46%. Also, the highest cause of burning was boiling water in 1915 patients (56.12%). Conclusion: The study showed that boys were more likely to be the victim of burns. Also, the highest percentage of burns was less than 20% and most of the areas are related to the trunk, limbs. The mortality rate was 3.9%. In addition, these evaluations showed that the most common cause of burns was boiling water.
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Children, Adolescent, Burns, Epidemiology, Iran
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Kouchek M, Soltani S, Memarian A, Aghakhani K.. Etiology and Prognosis in Burning of Children and Adolescents During 2009-2019.. Light House Polyclinic. 2023 Mar; 22(1): 1-5