Epidemiology of Acid-Burns in a Major Referral Hospital in Tehran, Iran
| Autor: | Vaghardoost, Reza, Kazemzadeh, Jafar, Dahmardehei, Mostafa, Rabiepoor, Soheila, Farzan, Ramyar, Kheiri, Ali Asghar, Khosravy, Rahman, Manafi, Farzad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | World Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| ISSN: | 2252-0724 2228-7914 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Most of the acid- burns are due to assault or accidental. The epidemiology of burns is diverse across the world and within a country. We evaluated the epidemiology and outcome of acid-burns in tertiary health care center in Tehran, Iran. METHODS This study was retrospective descriptive among patients referred for acid-burn injury that was done in a referral Burn Care Center in Tehran, Iran, during a ten-year period since 2005 to 2014. Patient’s data collected by a specially designed check list. The subjects included 37 consecutive patients with various causes of acid burn injury. Descriptive statistics (means with standard deviations or frequency distribution) of sociodemographic variables were computed. RESULTS The patients’ mean age was 31.97±11.02 years. The mean hospitalization period was 18.08±15.25 days. The grade of burn was III in 75.7% patients. Among the acid-burn patients, 64.8% suffered from |
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