Title: A study of the effect of ambient temperature on mortality rate of burns patients
Authors: Dr R.Bhavani Rao, Dr Shalini Duvvada
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i6.101
Abstract
Introduction
Fire, man’s first double-edged sword, throughout history has both served as a good servant being a loyal guardian and also has destroyed mankind like a brutal enemy. Ever since man invented fire, he has found a way to burn himself and since then began his search of ways to treat burns. Every year there are about 7-8 lakh hospital admissions with burns in India as compared to about 13,000 in the UK and 40,000 in U.S.A. As more than 1,20,000 deaths occur due to burns injury every year in India. The incidence of deaths due to burns in India is unfortunately high & many factors are responsible for this. Important among them being widespread illiteracy, poverty, over-crowding, unemployment, lack of adequate healthcare facilities and social and emotional factors. Death due to burns is surprisingly very high, next only to RTA.[1]
In this Study we have compared various temperatures at which deaths are occurring in Mixed Thermal Burns in Government General Hospital, Guntur & is an Observational study only.
Objectives of the Study
- To Study the effect of Ambient & Real Feel Temperature over the Mortality rate of burns patients in Government General Hospital, Guntur.
- To Study various temperatures at which increased Mortality rate is seen in Burns patients in Government General Hospital, Guntur.
The material for the Study of Effect of Temperature on Mortality Rate was collected from burns cases admitted to various General surgical wards in Guntur medical college and hospital, Guntur; during the period from January 2017 to December 2018. A total of fifty cases of Death due to Mixed Thermal Burns were included in the study after obtaining clearance from the ethical committee
