Citation

Kut A, Basaran O, Noyan T, Arda IS, Akgun HS, Haberal MA. J. Burn Care Res. 2006; 27(2): 161-169.

Affiliation

Department of Family Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, and Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Burn Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.BCR.0000197061.60593.F8

PMID

16566559

Abstract

This retrospective study analyzed risk factors in addition to the demographic and epidemiological features of 813 burn patients who were admitted to the burn units of a University Hospital Network in Turkey during a 6-year period. The study consisted of 436 men (53.6%) and 377 women (46.4%; mean age, 31; range, 0-87 years). The age distribution of the patients peaked at 1 to 6 years and at 35 to 44 years. The most common types of burns were scalds (63.8%) and flame burns (22.1%). The mean TBSA burned was 9.4 +/- 15.3% in adults and 19.8 +/- 18.6% in children. The median and mean hospital stays were 16 and 22.8 days, respectively (range, 1-114 days). A total of 813 patients were evaluated, leaving only 255 hospitalized patients. Of the hospitalized patients, 100 (74.6%) underwent autografting, 8 (6.0%) underwent amputation, 113 (84.3%) underwent debridment, and 76 (56.7%) underwent escharotomy. The mortality rate among hospitalized patients was 14.1%. Although this study provides information about the population within close proximity to our burn units, there remains a need for a countrywide database of burn incidents.