Epidemiology of burns in Assiut province during the last two years

ABSTRACT

Between January 1988 and January 1990, 599 cases of burn patients were admitted to the burn units of Assiut General Hospital [El-Shamla] and Assiut University Hospital. A retrospective study was carried out to analyze age, sex distribution, burn etiological factors, modality of treatment, hospital stay and mortality rate. It was found that males and females were equally affected by burn accidents. Children were involved in 50.9% of the cases. The burn was due to flame [67.9%], hot liquids [29.9%], electricity [1.2%] and chemicals [1%]. The number of deaths was 201 [33.5%]. The causes of this high mortality were discussed