Citation

Dursun R, Karadaş S, Görmeli G, Isik Y, Cakır C, Görmeli CA. Ulus. Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2013; 19(3): 251-255.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Van Region Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey. drrecepdursun@hotmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dernegi)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23720114

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiological features of cases that were registered for burns and treated at a hospital after the Van earthquake to compare burn cases from the previous year and to determine the factors that influenced mortality. METHODS: Patients who were admitted to the Van Region Training and Research Hospital within the 3-month period after the earthquake were categorized as group 1; patients who were admitted within the same time interval in the previous year were categorized as group 2. RESULTS: There were 121 patients in Group 1 and 89 patients in Group 2. It was determined that there were 36% more burn cases in Group 1. Flame burns were observed 4.8 times more often in Group 1 compared to Group 1 (p=0.002). Exitus was observed in 25.4% of cases in Group 1 and in 7% of cases in Group 2 (p=0.0069). CONCLUSION: It was determined that the number of burn cases registered after the earthquake, the number of flame burns, the percentage of burns and the rate of mortality were higher than the data before the earthquake.

Language: en