Characteristics of Female Burns in In-patients: An analysis of burn causes, injured areas and duration of treatment
Edwardson, Anna |
Recenzentas / Reviewer | |
Komisijos narys / Committee Member | |
Komisijos narys / Committee Member | |
Komisijos narys / Committee Member |
Aim: To analyze female burns during the period of 2010-2015 in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Objectives:
- To analyze causes/agents of female burns in in-patients between 2010-2015.
- To analyze the location and area of the burn injuries, the degree of burns and the size of the injured area.
- To analyze the duration of treatment in the hospital.
- To analyze the proportion of female burns and the female to male ratio.
- To compare the findings with data taken from other countries. Methodology: This retrospective study analyzed 188 female in-patients, from age 18 and onwards with burn injuries from workplace or non-working sites that were treated between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2015. The analysis was focused on burn-related characteristics and analyzed descriptively. The material consisted of electronic and hand written medical records, taken from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The causes of the burns, the location of the injured area, the depth and size of the burn, and the duration of burn treatment were examined. Results: The most common burn causes were hot liquid 50.4%, followed by flame burns 43.8 %. The most common locations were upper limb 22.9% and lower limb 23.4%, the average total burned body surface area was 12,8% and the most common degree of burn injuries was 2nd degree (65,96%). The average length of in-patient treatment was 24,6 days and the female to male ratio of the burn proportion was 1:2. Conclusion: Hot liquid and flame were the two causes that together represented the majority of diagnosed burn injuries and the limbs were particularly subjected to burns. Most burn injuries were of less severe 2nd degree compared to 1st and 3rd degree, and covered on average more than a tenth of the body surface area. Males were more burned than females. The only indicators of female burns that differed in comparison to the global literature was the average duration of treatment which was longer in this research and the most common cause of burns was hot liquid and not flames as shown in the other countries.
Isanalizuoti moteru nudegimus laikotarpiu nuo 2010 iki 2015m plastikos ir rekonstrukcines chirutgijos klinikoje, Kauno klinikose. Retrospekti 188 pacienciu analize. Analizuotos nudegimu priezastys, vietos, dydis, laipsniai, gyjimo laikas. Skaiciuota vyru ir moteru nudegimu proporcija. Surinkta nudegimu statistika lyginta su kitomis salimis. Rezultatai ir isvados: Dazniausiai pasitaikantys nudegimai nuo karsto skyscio bei liepsnos. Dazniausiai nudega rankos ir kojos. Antro laipsnio nudegimu pasitaiko daugiausiai. Vidutiniskai moterys nudega daugiau nei 10% kuno ir ligonineje praleidzia 24.6 dienas. Vyrai nudega dazniau nei moterys. Musu darbo statistikoje moterys dazniau nudega karstu skysciu, o globalioje statistikoje, moterys dazniau nusidegina ugnimi. Taip pat musu statistikos duomenys rodo jog moterys vidutiniskai praleidzia daugiau dienu ligonineje palyginus su globalia statistika.