Epidemiology of burns in Benghazi, Libya

Pattern of Burn Injuries at King Fahad Hospital, Al-Baha: A Study of 277 Cases

“…25 Figures of the hospital stay of the present report are similar to those reported from Jeddah, 14 Kuwait, 11 and Libya. 20 A 10% rate of discharge against medical advice is quite high in comparison with reports from Jeddah 14,17 and Kuwait, 11 and similar to that observed in Libya. 20 The available data do not offer an explanation for this.…”

“…20 A 10% rate of discharge against medical advice is quite high in comparison with reports from Jeddah 14,17 and Kuwait, 11 and similar to that observed in Libya. 20 The available data do not offer an explanation for this. As there was no standard policy for treatment of burns at KFH, Al-Baha, no specific conclusions could be drawn in this regard, but some points are worth comment: 1) the number of cases requiring surgical intervention was quite high in comparison to the reports from Jeddah 14,17 and Qatar; 19 2) the number of patients requiring amputation was also alarming.…”

“…2,6,9,12,[14][15][16][17][19][20][21][22][23][24] Our mortality rate of 2.8% was quite low compared with that of other studies. 2,10,11,14,15,19,21 Very low mortality is reported from one burn unit in Riyadh.…”

“…It was of interest that the majority of burns were relatively small in area, similar to other figures. 11,14,15,19,20 This is a reflection of an overwhelming number of scalds, which caused significantly less severe burns. It is also probably due to admitting minor burns, which could be treated on an outpatient basis, into the hospital because of social circumstances, i.e., the parents cannot take care of their burned child or live in a remote area.…”

The Pattern and Outcome of Burn Injuries at a Burn Unit in Saudi Arabia: Retrospective Analysis of Consecutive 501 Patients

“…The high incidence of domestic burn accidents (75%) is similar to the 71% and 79% reported from Nigeria and Kuwait, respectively [11,12]. Scald injuries were responsible for 55% of all accidents, and this high rate contrasts with those reported for Egypt [9], England and Wales [10], and Libya [13], where flame burns were the most common type of injury.…”