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Date Published: 30/06/2021
Online Published: 28/09/2021
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No. 3 (2021)
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Ngo, M. D., Chu, A. T., & Le, Q. C. (2021). Characteristic and outcome of mass burn injuries: The data of 5 years at National Burns Hospital (2016 to 2020). Journal of Disaster Medicine and Burn Injuries, 3, 12-20. https://jbdmp.vn/index.php/yhthvb/article/view/2

Characteristic and outcome of mass burn injuries: The data of 5 years at National Burns Hospital (2016 to 2020)

Ngo Minh Duc1,, Chu Anh Tuan1, Le Quoc Chieu 1
1 Le Huu Trac National Burn Hospital

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Aims: Investigating characteristics of mass burn casualties and outcome of mass burn patients.
Object and methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 65 mass burn casualties with 231 patients admitted to National Burn Hospital from 1/2016 to 12/2020.
Results: Most mass-burn incidences were daily life accidents (76.9%) caused by dry agents (84.6%) with an average victim number of 3.56 people/incidence. Adult and male were predominant (80.52% and 71.68%, respectively).
The average burn surface area and deep burn area were 29.4% and 11% respectively. Inhalation injury was diagnosed in 16% of cases. The length of hospital stay was 20.79 days. Overall mortality was 17.3% and the death rate from inhalation injury patients was 89.2%. Multivariate analysis indicated that burn extent and inhalation injury were independent predictors of mortality.
Conclusion: Mass burns were mainly caused by dry heat such as fire and explosion in daily life. The extensive burns and deep burn areas were large with a high rate of inhalation injury. Treatment was difficult, prolonged, high costs with a high mortality rate. It is necessary to take measures to prevent mass-burn incidence.

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Mass burn incidence, inhalation injury, full-thickness burn, mortality

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