A clinico-epidemiological study of female burn patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital of Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
Burn injuries, due to the associated mortality and morbidity, are a major global public health problem. The study was planned to analyze the causes, demographic factors, magnitude of burn injuries and outcome of treatment of these patients. To study the epidemiological Objectives: factors in relation to female burn cases at a tertiary care level teaching hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study of all female burn injury cases admitted over a period of two years from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2016 by universal sampling was undertaken; using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using EpiInfo. Result: Flame burn was the most common cause of burns accounting for 66.02% of the total burns. Scald burn was seen in 31.08% subjects and electric burn in only 2(1.94%) subjects. Overall mortality was found to be 27.18%. Conclusion: Total body surface area burnt was found to be associated with mode of burns, arrangement of cooking stove/chullah on floor in case of kitchen burns; while mortality among burn victims was found to be highly significantly associated with the total body surface area
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Dr Jayant Kumar Dash, Dr. Ipsa Mohapatra
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