1. The epidemiology of geriatric burns in Iran: A national burn registry-based study
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Mahnoush Momeni, Seyed-Abolhassan Emami, Hamid Karimi, and Seyed Abbas Motevalian
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Burn Units ,Poison control ,Comorbidity ,Iran ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,03 medical and health sciences ,Age Distribution ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Injury prevention ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Humans ,Registries ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Sex Distribution ,Risk factor ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Amputation ,Emergency Medicine ,Female ,Burns ,business ,Total body surface area - Abstract
Defining the epidemiology and outcome of geriatric burn patients is critical for specialized burn centers, health-care workers, and governments. Better resource use and effective guidelines are some of the advantages of studies focusing on this aspect. The outcome of these patients serves as an objective criterion for quality control, research, and preventive programs. We used data from the burn registry program in our country. For 2 years, >28,700 burn patients were recorded, 1721 of whom were admitted. Among them, 187 patients were ≥55 years old. Sixty-nine percent of patients were male and 31% female, with a male to female ratio of 2.22:1. The mean±standard deviation (SD) of age was 63.4±8.1. The cause of burns was flame (58.2%) and scalds (20.3%). Most of the burns were sustained at home. The mean duration of hospital stay was 19.5 days (range 3-59 days). The mean (SD) of the total body surface area (TBSA) was 20.3% (8.4%). The median hospital stay (length of stay (LOS)) was 11 days (SD=14). The increase in TBSA was related to a longer LOS (p
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- 2016
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