Title: Effect of Environmental Factor in Burn Patients – A Review
Authors: Neelesh Shrivastava, Dr Mayank Jain, Dr A.P.S. Gaharwar, Dr Brijesh Singh, Dr Shishir Pandey
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i9.86
Introduction- Burn injury is a serious public health problem, The Burn injury rank among the most severe type of injury suffered by the human body with an attendant high mortality and morbidity rate. Various environmental factors like flaming, lightning, flashing, hot water, hot oil cause severe burn and subsequent death, this study to find out effect of these factors on burn patients. Objective-to find out effect of environmental factors and its effect on burn patients Material and Method- This is a prospective study which carried out in all patients of burn injury who were admitted in Burn unit of Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital associated with S.S. Medical College, Rewa (M.P.) during the period of 1st Aug. 2014 to 31st July 2015 Result- Highest incidence of burn admission was seen in the month of March 2015 (8.9%) followed by October 2014 (7.3%) and November 2014 (7.2%). Lowest incidence was seen in the month of September 2014 (2.6%) followed by August (3.5%), majority (83.9%) of burn patients were from rural background , 16.03% cases were from urban background, majority of burn are accidental (87.7%) in nature, Flame burns (71.74%) was the most common cause followed by scald (18.23% ) and electric (9.2% ). ,chemical burn involved 100% of male population while its overall incidence is very less i.e. 0.8%, that majority of the burn patients clinically have Superficial + Deep burns (67.13%) these burns are usually involved the larger TBSA . Superficial burns were seen in 28.85% cases and deep burns were 4.0% out of total burn cases Conclusion- majority of burn injuries occurs in summer with female predominance. Different environmental sources like flam, electricity and chemicals cause mainly superficial burns which associated with further stage of septicaemia and death. For planning and implementing prevention programme the approach has to be coordinate. Keyword- burn, flam, mortality, environmental factor
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