Predicting factors influencing the fatal outcome of burns in Kuwait

Bang, Rameshwar L.; Ghoneim, I.M.; Bang, Sarla; Sharma, Promila; Ebrahim, Mohammed

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2004.09.020

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“…Thirtyone articles describing the use of composite prediction models, which did not describe model development, were also excluded [12,18,. Four studies analysing prognostic factors without producing composite models [57][58][59][60] and 3 duplicate publications of published models were excluded [61][62][63]. Forty-five original articles describing the construction of models designed specifically for the prediction of mortality in thermally injured patients were included in the review [2,4,13,.…”

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Predicting survival in thermal injury: A systematic review of methodology of composite prediction models

Hussain¹,

Choukairi

Dunn³

2013

Burns

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Predicting survival in thermal injury: A systematic review of methodology of composite prediction models

Hussain¹,

Choukairi

Dunn³

2013

Burns

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“…In terms of chemical burns, external corrosions (contact with the skin) comprise 1% to 4% of all burns [17,21,25,28,32,38,39]. According to a study exclusively on these chemical burns , 75% of cases were due to sodium hydroxide drain cleaners, 11% due to acid substances and 4% due to application of herbs used as traditional medication[40].…”

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“…A Kuwaiti study [32] reported an all age mortality rate of 0.6 per 100,000 per year while two Iranian studies have reported a much higher mortality rate of 4.6 [19] and 5.6 [20] per 100,000 per year. In children 0-15 years the reported rates include 0.2 [32], 2.0 [27] and 3.2 deaths per 100,000 per year[25]. …”

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Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review

2010

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BackgroundBurn injuries remain one of the leading causes of injury morbidity and mortality in the World Health Organization's East Mediterranean Region. To provide an overview on the epidemiology of burn injuries in this region, a systematic review was undertaken.MethodsMedline, Embase and CINAHL were searched for publications on burns in this region published between 01/01/1997 and 16/4/2007. Data were extracted to a standard spreadsheet and synthesised using a narrative synthesis. No attempt has been made to quantitatively synthesise the data due to the large degree of clinical heterogeneity between study populations.ResultsSeventy one studies were included in the review, from 12 countries. Burn injuries were found to be one of the leading causes of injury morbidity and mortality. The reported incidence of burns ranged from 112 to 518 per 100,000 per year. Burn victims were more frequently young and approximately one third of the victims were children aged 0-5 years. Hospital mortality ranged from 5 to 37%, but was commonly above 20%. Intentional self-harm burns particularly involving women were common in some countries of the region and were associated with a very high mortality of up to 79%.ConclusionBurn injuries remain an important public health issue in the East Mediterranean Region therefore further research is required to investigate the problem and assess the effectiveness of intervention programmes.

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“…Sharma et al reported a relatively low annual mortality rate of 0.6 per 100,000 in Kuwait [3]. Mashreky et al reported a mortality rate of about 2.2 per 100,000 in Bangladesh in the year 2011 [4].…”

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Mortality associated with burn injury- a cross sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan

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BackgroundBurn injuries are a major cause of medico legal deaths in Pakistan. The present study was conducted with the aim to assess the mortality rate related to different types of burns injuries.FindingsThis was an observational prospective cross sectional study conducted in Burns Ward of Civil Hospital, Karachi during a period of two years from January 1st 2010 to December 31st, 2011. Data was collected over a questionnaire containing demographic variables as well as date of burn, date of the death (if patient expired), total body surface area involved, cause and manner of burn. The data was statistically analyzed by SPSS v. 16. A total of 1979 patients were admitted to the department during the study period. Out of them, 715 died, hence a mortality rate of 36.12%. Out of the 715 patients, 380 (53.1%) were males and 335 (46.9%) were females. Mortality was highest in age-group 16–30 years (n = 395, 55.2%). Majority of the deaths were accidental (n = 685, 95.8%). Fire burns was found to be the most common cause of death (n = 639, 89.3%). 35% (n = 252) of the patients who died had more than 60% of total body surface area involved in burns.ConclusionMeasures must be taken to inform the general population of the possible causes of these injuries, and to enable the people to be prepared to face any such circumstances.

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Predicting factors influencing the fatal outcome of burns in Kuwait

Cited by 18 publications

References 30 publications

Predicting survival in thermal injury: A systematic review of methodology of composite prediction models

Predicting survival in thermal injury: A systematic review of methodology of composite prediction models

Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review

Mortality associated with burn injury- a cross sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan

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