Citation

Rezavand N, Seyedzadeh A, Soleymani A. Ann. Burns Fire Disasters 2012; 25(4): 196-199.

Affiliation

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23766753

PMCID

PMC3664528

Abstract

This study addresses maternal and foetal complications in pregnant women hospitalized for burn injuries in 2003-2008. It was a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study, carried out in pregnant women hospitalized in the burn ward of Imam- Khomeini Hospital, Iran, in 2003-2008 (burn injury rate, 1.88%, 39 cases; mean age, 23.51 ± 4.78 yr). The pregnant woman death rate was 66.7%: 26 patients died because of burn complications and 13 patients (23.3%) survived. The causes and circumstances of the fatalities are reported. There was a statistically significant relationship between burn severity and foetal and maternal mortality rates (p < 0.02). Burn severity was not statistically related to premature delivery and mode of delivery. The factors affecting prognosis and the maternal and foetal death rates were the total burn area, continuous clinical surveillance of the mother and foetus, and employment of appropriate treatment protocols.

Keywords: burn, pregnancy, mortality, foetus, lethal area

Language: en