TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Burns in the emergency department: a one-year single center analysis on 355 cases
JO  - Chirurgia / Uniunea Societătilor de Stiinte Medicale din România
A1  - Pieptu, Vlad
A1  - Mihai, Alexandru
A1  - Groza, Costin
A1  - Gheorghiţă, Corneliu
A1  - Cimpoieşu, Diana
A1  - Azoicăi, Doina
SP  - 486
EP  - 492
VL  - 115
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Burns are common reasons for emergency department presentations. While extensive or special burns require treatment in a specialized center, the majority are amenable to ambulatory treatment or hospitalization in a surgical ward. Romania has a national data collecting mechanism regarding all hospitalized patients, but there are no available statistics concerning non-hospitalized burn cases. This study aims to explore the amplitude of burn trauma by analyzing data from an Emergency Department at a major Romanian regional trauma center. <br><br>METHODS: This is a retrospective single-center 1-year study of all burn-related emergency department presentations at the trauma referral center for Romania's North-East region, in 2015. Included in the study were all cases of burns, indiscriminate of their etiology. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 355 burn cases were analyzed. The average monthly number of cases was 29.58, with a maximum of 54 and a minimum of 18. There were 206 males and 149 females and 57.7% urban residents. Only 134 cases have been hospitalized during this period. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Almost two-thirds of cases have not been hospitalized, thus missing from national statistics. Precise epidemiological data is paramount for a successful national burn management strategy. Creation of a national burn registry is suggested.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1221-9118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.21614/chirurgia.115.4.486
ID  - ref1
ER  -