An Insight to Burn Related Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Pregnancy

Autor:	Ashma Rana, H Rijal, G Chalise
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pregnancy Emergency unit business.industry Obstetrics Retrospective cohort study Maternal morbidity medicine.disease Intensive care unit Surgery law.invention law Accidental medicine Gestation University teaching business
Zdroj:	Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 10:39-42
ISSN:	1999-8546 1999-9623
Popis:	Aims: The aim of this study is to study morbidity and mortality of burn cases during pregnancy and postpartum period. Methods: This is a retrospective study conducted at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital from April 1998 to July 2014. The data were retrieved from the records in burn ward, intensive care unit and emergency unit. Pregnant women with burn were studied for the nature, degree and the percentage of burn in relation to pregnancy outcome and mortality. Results: There were 32 cases of burn patients with pregnancy. The most common source of burn was kerosene-induced flame (23) followed by domestic firewood (7), boiling water (1) and lightening (1).There were 25 cases of accidental burn and seven were suicidal burn. The age of the patients was ?19 years in 7, 20-24 in 13, 25-29 in 6 and 30-34 in 6 patients. Except for two cases of postpartum burn , all the others occurred during pregnancy between 6-40 gestational week{
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