Epidemiology and Management Outcome of Burnt Patients admitted at Tertiary Hospital, Nanded, Maharashtra-A Prospective Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
To assess the epidemiology and management outcome of burnt patients admitted at Shri Guru Govind Singh Memorial Government Hospital, Nanded, Maharashtra. The present prospective study was carried out from 1st February 2012 to 30th June 2012.Permission of Institutional Ethical committee was sought before commencement of study. We decided to enroll every alternate patient getting admitted in burn ward during study period. Patients were interviewed and followed by Investigator(s) till their management outcome. Patients were interrogated using predesigned questionnaire after obtaining informed consent. Data was analyzed by using Open Epi Version 2.3 by maintaining the anonymity. Out of 208 admitted burns patients, total 104 were included(alternate patient) of these 36 (34.6%) were males and 68 (65.3%) were females. Ninety (86.7%) cases reported mishap/accident occurred at home. Burn injuries were due to flame 64(61.5%), scald 21(20.1%), hot liquid 10(9.6%), chemical 5(4.8%), electrical 4(3.8%). We observed the percentages of TBSA in the range from 5% to 98%. The mean of hospital stay was 15.25±11.93 days. We found that burn cases 51(49.0%) got cured, 23(22.1%) DAMA, 25(24.0%) died, and 5(4.8%) referred to higher center. Study underlines importance of increasing public awareness about fire safety measures through school and media.
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Domple Vijay K, Khadilkar Hrishikesh A, Nandkeshav R. Aswar
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