Trends in burn injuries in Galicia (Spain): An epidemiological study.

Autor: Palacios García P; Plastic Surgery Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo (Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro), Vigo, Spain., Pacheco Compaña FJ; Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, Spain., Rodríguez Pérez E; Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, Spain., Bugallo Sanz JI; Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, Spain., Fernández-Quinto A; Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, Spain., Avellaneda-Oviedo EM; Clínica Juan Peñas, Madrid, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International wound journal [Int Wound J] 2020 Dec; Vol. 17 (6), pp. 1717-1724. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 14.
DOI: 10.1111/iwj.13456
Abstrakt: The treatment of burns is one of the earliest medical activities on record, probably because of the powerful impact of their physical consequences among other sequelae. The aim of the present paper is to perform an epidemiological study of burn patients. The data were obtained by reviewing the medical histories of all those patients admitted or treated in the Outpatients Department of the Burn Unit of our hospital between 2013 and 2017. A sample was gathered of 1401 patients, made up of 716 males (51.11%) and 685 females (48.89%), in a ratio of males to females of 1.05, with a mean age of 40.74 years old. The burns were mainly suffered in a domestic setting (60.96%), mostly as a result of contact with hot liquids. Most of the burns were second degree superficial burns (60.03%), and affected a mean total body surface area (TBSA) of 4.61%. They were most often produced on the hands. It was found that the frequency of burns increased during the summer and during the main mealtimes of the day. These data may be used to make specific plans of prevention, and as a basis for new studies and databases to be made.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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