Citation

Garcia-Sanchez V, Palao R, Legarre F. Burns 1994; 20(6): 537-538.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vall D'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7880421

Abstract

Of 3371 patients admitted to the Vall D'Hebron Burns Center, Barcelona, between the years 1983 and 1991 inclusive, 67 patients had attempted self-inflicted burns (1.98 per cent). Over 75 per cent of these patients had previous psychiatric illness and 20 per cent had previously attempted suicide. The mean age was 38 years and the overall mortality rate was 30 per cent. Over 71 per cent were male patients.

Language: en