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Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the etiology and prognosis in burn children and adolescents referred to Shahid Motahari Trauma and Burn hospital. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on burn children and adolescents who were hospitalized in Shahid Motahari Burns Hospital between 2009 and 2019 due to burns. Results: In this study, 3,520 patients were studied; of which 2,151 subjects were boys (61.1%) and 1,369 subjects were girls (38.9%). The mean age of the subjects was 2.84 ± 3.66 years. 138 (3.9%) patients died in the study. The relationship between mortality and gender was not statistically significant (P value = 0.336). The highest percentage of burns was 10 to 19% in 1284 patients (36.63%) and the lowest was 80 to 89% burns in 7 patients (0.19%). In terms of burn site, the most areas related to the trunk, lower limbs except the legs and upper limbs except the hands with 22.56%, 18.95%, and 18.45%, respectively, and the lowest related to the legs and the whole body with 6.39% and 8.46%. Also, the highest cause of burning was boiling water in 1915 patients (56.12%). Conclusion: The study showed that boys were more likely to be the victim of burns. Also, the highest percentage of burns was less than 20% and most of the areas are related to the trunk, limbs. The mortality rate was 3.9%. In addition, these evaluations showed that the most common cause of burns was boiling water.
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Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the leading cause of death as a result of poisoning. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology and prevalence of CO poisoning in Mazandaran province from 2016 to 2018. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical and retrospective study on the information obtained from the files of the deceased individuals who died because of CO poisoning in the forensic medicine department of Mazandaran province during the years 2016 to 2018. Results: In this study, 83 deaths due to CO poisoning were recorded. 32.5% of these people were over 50 years old, 81.9% of them were men, and 61.4% of them were married. The level of education in 92.8% of them was reported to be less than a bachelor's degree and the bedroom (66.3%) was the main place of poisoning. 56.6% of these poisonings were due to city gas poisoning and 56.6% of deaths were reported as groups death. The bruises color was rosette in 53% of the deaths. The Carboxyhemoglobin levels in most of them were +2 (63.9%) and most deaths occurred in January (19.3%). The age group, source of CO, place of poisoning, carboxyhemoglobin level, education level, and the month of poisoning was significantly different among these three years. Conclusion: CO poisoning is still a substantial public health issue. City gas is defined as the main source of CO poisoning. Low educational level was related to CO deaths. Raising the awareness of the people can reduce the number of Co poisoning cases in the Mazandaran.