Titre :
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Burn mortality during 1982 to 1997 in Kuwait. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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R.L. BANG ;
M.K. EBRAHIM ;
R.K. GANG ;
I.E. GHONEIM ;
P.N. SHARMA ;
Al-Babtain Centre for Plastic Surgery & Burns. Ibn Sina Hospital. KWT
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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European journal of epidemiology (vol. 16, n° 8, 2000)
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Pagination :
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731-739
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Brûlure
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Mortalité
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur risque
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Homme
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Asie
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Traumatisme
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Koweït
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST f0pR0xoT. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The study group is comprised of 234 patients (6.4%) who died out of 3680 patients treated for burn injuries during the period January 1982 to December 1997 in Kuwait. There were 112 (47.9%) males and 122 (52.1%) females and their mean age was 30 years (range 1-93) when compared with 24 years among survivors. The high mortality amongst two age groups 0-5 years (39 deaths, 16.7%) and 16-35 years (109 deaths, 46.6%) shows their vulnerability in the society. In 190 patients (81.2%) the burn injuries occurred at home. A total of 216 patients (92.3%) sustained flame burns mainly due to clothes on fire (40.6%) and cooking gas accidents (25.2%), and in 18 patients (7.7%) the burns were due to scalds. The suicidal burns occurred in 22 female and 5 male patients mainly of younger age groups. The mean percentage of burns was 71% (range 9-100%) as against 20% amongst survivors, and 195 patients (83.3%) had >=50% total body surface area (TBSA) burn. Four patients (1.7%) had superficial dermal burns, 94 (40.2%) had full thickness and 136 (58.1%) had mixed with full thickness burns predominance. The associated inhalation injury was diagnosed in 132 patients (56.4%). A total of 61 patients (26.1%) had either single or multiple pre-existing diseases and 51 of them sustained flame burns. The day of death varied from I to 103 days (mean 16 days) but 58 patients (24.8%) died within 48 hours of post burn. (...)
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