Epidemiology of minor and moderate burns in rural Ardabil, Iran

Bazargani, Homayoun Sadeghi; Mohammadi, Reza; Svanström, Leif; Ekman, Robert; Arshi, Shahnam; Hekmat, Sharareh; Malekpour, Nasser; Mashoufi, Mehrnaz

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2009.10.022

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“…The majority of the study population in our investigation was male, a finding that corresponded with information in other reports. [9,10] Consistent with the literature, a vast majority of the patients included children under 18 years of age (65.0%), with many being ≤5 years (44.6%). [9][10][11][13][14][15] This result indicates that burn prevention efforts should be emphasized among this age group.…”

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“…[23] Also consistent with the literature, there was no significant difference according to gender. [9,16,23] Outdoor burn injuries were less common among females. Traditionally, adult women do all of the cooking for the family in Turkey; therefore, they are at greater risk for domestic burns.…”

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“…[7,8] Despite the presence of studies about minor and moderate burns in the literature, there is limited data about our country. [9] Those types of burns are treated in outpatient clinics in many institutions. Some patients with minor and moderate burns do not even visit a health center.…”

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Epidemiologic Evaluation of Patients with Major Burns and Recommendations for Fighting with Burns

Çiftçi¹,

Arslan²,

Altunbas³

et al. 2012

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AMAÇYanıklar ülkemizde ve dünyada önemli bir sağlık sorunudur. Bu çalışmamızda amacımız, Orta Anadolu'da yaklaşık 3 milyon nüfusa hitap eden yanık ünitesindeki hastaları incelemektir. GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM2008 ile 2010 yılları arasında yatarak tedavi gören 457 kayıtlı hasta geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Olgular cinsiyet, yaş, yanık alanı, yanık derinliği, sağlık kuruluşuna başvu-ru süresi, yanık bölgesi ve yanık nedenleri açısından karşı-laştırıldı. BULGULAROlguların çoğunluğunu (%44,6) 0-5 yaş grubu çocuk-lar oluşturuyordu. Yanık alanı ortalama %11,6±8,5, sağ-lık merkezine başvuru süresi ortalama 252,8±892,5 dakika olarak bulundu. Olguların %82,7'si 2. derece, %17,3'ü 3. derece yanık derinliğine sahipti. Yanık bölgesi ekstremitede en fazla idi (%39,6). Yanık nedeni olarak sıcak sıvı haş-lanma yanıkları fazla idi (%54,1). SONUÇÇalışmamızda 0-5 yaş grubu olgular en fazla etkilenen gruptu ve genellikle yanıklar ev içinde oluşmaktaydı. Bu konuda çocukların ev içinde geçirdikleri sürenin fazla olması ve çocukların bu dönemde çok hareketli olması temel faktörlerdir. Yanıkla mücadelede, haşlanma yanıkları-nın önlenmesi ve ebeveyn bilgilendirmesinin sağlanması en önemli aşama olmalıdır.Anahtar Sözcükler: Yanık önlenmesi, yanıklar, epidemiyoloji; hastanede yatan hastalar.

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Epidemiologic Evaluation of Patients with Major Burns and Recommendations for Fighting with Burns

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“…Particularly in countries like Iran where women share a smaller role in transportation, this can normally be expected. This may not be true for other types of injuries such as burns and intoxications (7, 28-30). …”

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“…However, this may not be the real pattern considering the fact that minor injuries are not usually captured in hospital based studies which form the majority of surveys in LMICs. For example minor burns comprise 95% of the burns and are usually overlooked in hospital-based studies (7). …”

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Trauma-related Therapeutic Procedures at Shohada Trauma Center in Tabriz

Bazargani¹,

Azami-Aghdash²,

Ziapour³

et al. 2013

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BackgroundTo decrease the burden of injuries it is essential to have an overview of trauma patterns and its management at regional trauma centers.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate some patterns of trauma and trauma-related therapeutic interventions at our trauma center.Materials and MethodsIn a cross-sectional study, 19530 trauma cases admitted to the emergency department and hospital wards of Shohada University Hospital during 2007-2008 were assessed.ResultsOf the 19530 trauma cases, 14960(76.7%) were males. Mean (SD) of age was 31(19.9) years. The elderly aged 65 and above, comprised 10% (1953) of the participants; while 44 were infants. Falls and traffic injuries were the most common cause of injuries among trauma patients. Most of the mortalities were men comprising 74% of the 57 deaths. Reduction of fractures and dislocations were the most common types of operations among trauma patients.ConclusionsYoung men form the target group for possible interventions to decrease the burden of trauma following falls and traffic accidents.

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