Factors affecting mortality in burns: a single center study (original) (raw)

INTRODUCTION Burns is one of the most dreadful surgical emergency with devastating physical and financial implications. More than 2 million burn injuries occur in a year in India. It has complex consequences with increased morbidity and mortality. Mortality in the developing nations continues to be high. 1 Various factors affect the outcome in the form of mortality in burns patients. Identifying these factors will help in significantly reducing the mortality. The present study aims at identifying the various factors that influence the mortality in burns patients. METHODS The observational study aims at identifying potential factors that have an impact on mortality in burns patients. The factors studied are age, sex, etiology (accidental/suicidal), mode of injury (flames, scalds, electric, chemical), associated inhalation injury, total body surface area affected by burn (BSA), time interval between the injury and admission to hospital, duration of stay, pregnant state, complications ...