Flame burns lead to significant long-term morbidity and functional consequences.This study analyzed the mortality-related factors in patients with flame burns to compare with the existing literature. This retrospective descriptive study was carried out at the General Surgery Clinic, Gazi Yas ¸argil Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, to include 131 patients admitted and treated with emergency surgery for flame burns between January 2016 and December 2019. Of the patients hospitalized for flame burn, 103 (78.6%) were male and 28 (21.4%) were female (M:F = 3.6) with a mean age of 25.3 ± 20.78 years. The 15-34 years age group was the most affected by flame burns. The most frequently affected body areas were the upper extremities and face (n = 68, 51.9%); conjunctivitis developed in 49 (37.4%) patients. The wound infection rate was 34.3%, and Staphylococcus epidermidis had the highest growth rate in wound culture results (24.4%). Flame burns were most common in winter and autumn. The majority of patients (n = 95, 72.5%) were treated with escharectomy and dressing, while grafting was performed in 36 (27.5%) patients. A total of 3 (2.2%) patients died-one died in a suicide attempt, one due to inhalation burn after flame burn, and another died due to sepsis. The average length of hospital stay was 8.0 ± 3.9 days. Flame burns are much more common in young men, causing deeper and wider burns and requiring greater surgical intervention. This leads to frequent wound infections and longer hospital stays.
Background: Burns continue to be a serious global public health problem all over the world, especially in developing countries. Materials and Methods: The age, gender, cause of injury, and total body surface area (TBSA) of the burn, complications, and mortality rate of 1,038 patients who were hospitalized in our burn center between January 1, 2010, and January 1, 2020, were analyzed. Results: The burned surface area was greater in boys than in girls. The mean burned body surface area for all patients was 9.2 ± 6.35, and the mortality rate was 1.45%. Hot liquids, such as tea, hot milk, hot water, and oily food, were the causes of burns in 84.7% of the patients. Hot objects, hot melted nylon, hot tandoor and embers, and hot asphalt accounted for 7.7% of the burns. Moreover, flame burns, electrical burns and frostbite, and other burn causes accounted for 5.6%, 1.2 %, and 0.8% of burn injuries, respectively. Conclusions: In our region, pediatric burns occurred mostly in boys under the age of three and in children whose parents had low educational levels living in rural areas. We believe that the burn prevention program should be adjusted according to these results.
Objective: In this study, it was aimed to examine nylon burns in paediatric patients and compare the results with other causes of hot object contact burns. Material and Methods: A 10-year retrospective study was conducted on 77 paediatric patients hospitalized for hot body burns at Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital Burn Center. Results: Of those patients with hot body burns, 72.7% (n= 56) were males and 27.3% (n= 21) were females. Male-to-female ratio was 2.67:1. Mean age of the patients was 4.79 (min= 1, max= 16) years. There were 42 patients who applied to our hospital on the day of their burn, while four patients applied one day after the burn, one patient applied two days after the burn, 13 patients applied three days after the burn and 17 patients applied five days after the burn. Most burns (79.3%) were third-degree burns, whereas 19.5% were seconddegree and 1.2% were fourth-degree burns. The most common causes of hot body burns were hot nylon and hot stoves, followed by hot ash and hot irons. The number of nylon burns was the highest in the summer and the highest number of hot stove burns occurred in the winter. Nylon burns were most common in the three to eight age group and then gradually decreased. The highest burn rate was observed in nylon burns. Conclusion: The most common cause of all burns in the Turkish paediatric population is scalding. Although nylon burns are rare, they draw attention due to their higher burn degrees.
Objective: In this study, hot milk burns observed in paediatric patients were examined, and the results were compared with those obtained from other types of scalding burns. Method: A 10-year retrospective study was conducted with paediatric patients hospitalised for hot milk burns at the Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital Burn Center, Turkey. Results: Of the 87 patients included in the study, 49 (56.3%) were male and 38 (43.7%) were female, with a male/female ratio of 1.29:1. Patients were aged two months to 18 years, with a mean age of 3.62±2.82 years. The highest rate of burn injury was observed in patients aged 0–4 years (n=67, 77.0%). The upper (n=56, 64.4%) and lower extremities (n=75, 86.2%) were the most frequently affected areas. Of the total number of patients examined, 25 (28.7%) exhibited second-degree burns, while 62 (71.3%) exhibited third-degree major burns. The mean hospitalisation time was 6.28±5.04 days. None of the patients died or underwent amputation. Conclusion: Scalding is the most common cause of burns in the paediatric population in Turkey. Hot milk burns attract attention due to their higher infection rates and length of hospital stay.
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