Self-inflicted burns, outcome and cost

The self-inflicted burns-Typology and its prognostic relevance in a 14-year review of self-inflicted burns in a tertiary referral centre

“…Interestingly, as most authors, we found a higher TBSA involved, a higher mortality, and higher rates of [ previous psychiatric disease and substance abuse in the SIB group compared with the general population in the Burn Unit [10,17]. This lends consistency to the notion that SIB patients' demographic and clinical features are remarkably consistent in Western European and North American countries [9,12,31]. As far as the authors know, this was the first time, since its conception, that the SIB-Typology Tool was used systematically for evaluating SIB patients [9].…”

“…Reviewing the literature on SIB, we find that our results do not generally differ from what has generally been reported [9,10,12,30,31]. Interestingly, as most authors, we found a higher TBSA involved, a higher mortality, and higher rates of [ previous psychiatric disease and substance abuse in the SIB group compared with the general population in the Burn Unit [10,17].…”

Variation in the Incidence of Self-Immolation According To Culture and Income Level: A Literature Review

“…Unemployment is described in 25 to 80% of cases, and is sometimes associated with a lower level of education [9,18,23,32,[39][40][41]]. This appears to be more common with male victims.…”

“…The use of such products is frequently described in the literature, in 30 to 77% of the victims [8,13,19,26,[28][29][30]32,33,35,39,55,56]. According to Wiechman et al, inflammable product use is linked to suicide and lethal intentionality, compared to self-harming behavior where cigarette and matches are used more commonly instead [49].…”

Evaluation of Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients who Attempted Suicide by Self-Inflicted Burn Using Catalyzer

“…When compared to incidental burn cases, victims of self-inflicted burns were shown to have wider and deeper burn wounds, longer duration of hospital stay, as well as higher mortality rates. 15 Complications like multiple organ dysfunction, growth of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, and increased need for antibiotics have been reported. The mortality rate for self-inflicted burn patients (55%) was higher than accidental flame burns (24%) and total burns (10%) hospitalized in our series.…”