PREVALENCE OF BURNS AMONG PATIENTS PRESENTING IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
| Main Authors: | DR. AMJAD ALI, DR. HADIA SHABBIR, DR. MUHAMMAD UMAIR |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
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, 2021
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4438757 |
Daftar Isi:
- A burn is a type of injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation (like sunburn). Most burns are due to heat from hot liquids (called scalding), solids, or fire. While rates are similar for males and females the underlying causes often differ. Among women in some areas, risk is related to use of open cooking fires or unsafe cook stoves. This cross-sectional study was conducted among the patients presenting in the emergency department of different hospitals. Name, age, gender and history of causative agent and duration were noted on a predefined proforma. All the data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Ver. 23.0. A total of 50 patients presenting in the emergency department were included in this study i.e., 25 males (50%) and 25 females (50%). The mean age of the patients was 33.12±3.12 years. Out of these patients, six patients presented with the history of burns i.e., burn due to fire, burn due to hot water etc.