| dc.contributor |
Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France. veronique.laloe@bigfoot.com |
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| dc.creator |
Laloë, V |
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| dc.date |
2002-12 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2017-01-31T07:10:53Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2017-01-31T07:10:53Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Epidemiology and mortality of burns in a general hospital of Eastern Sri Lanka. 2002, 28 (8):778-81notBurns |
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| dc.identifier |
0305-4179 |
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| dc.identifier |
12464477 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10144/26914 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/handle/10144/26914 |
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| dc.identifier |
Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10144/26914 |
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| dc.description |
This 2-year prospective study examined the epidemiology and mortality of 345 patients admitted with burn injuries. Sixty-four percent of all burns were accidental in nature and at least 25% were self-inflicted. The rest were due to assaults or had a doubtful cause. The median age was 22 years. Forty-one percent of the accidents were due to the fall of a homemade kerosene bottle lamp. The main cause was flames, followed by scalds. Females outnumbered males in all categories of burns except cases of assault, and suffered from a higher mortality. Most at risk of accidental burns were children between 1 and 4 years, who suffered primarily from scalds. Self-inflicted burns were most common among women aged 20-29 years. The overall median total body surface area (TBSA) burned was 16%. Self-inflicted and 'doubtful' burns were much more extensive and more often fatal than accidental ones. The overall mortality rate was 27%. Burns involving more than 50% of the body surface area were invariably fatal. Mortality was highest in the elderly and in the 20-29 years age group. Burns were the first single cause of mortality in the surgical wards. The case is made for the establishment of more Burns Units. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Elsevier |
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| dc.relation |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03054179 |
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| dc.rights |
Archived on this site by kind permission and copyright of 2002 by Elsevier |
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| dc.title |
Epidemiology and mortality of burns in a general hospital of Eastern Sri Lanka. |
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