The situation of collecting and treatment of patient’s burn from 2021 to 2022 at the Department of Burn, Nghe An General Friendship Hospital

Trinh Van Thong1,
1 Nghe An General Friendship Hospital

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AIMS: Comment on some epidemiological and outcome characteristics of burned patients from 2021 to 2022 at the Department of Burn, Nghe An General Friendship Hospital.
Materials and methods: Retrospective, statistical, and descriptive research based on 575 medical records of burned patients from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022, at the Department of Burn, Nghe An General Friendship Hospital.
Results: The mean age is 37.38 ± 33.54 years; max 89 years, min 03 months. The proportion of males/females is approximately 2/1. Agents mainly of burn are fire and boiling water (38.78%; 31.83%). There are 6 patients with chemical burns. There are 163 cases of electric burns and electric spark burns (28.35%). The average burn area: 15.37 ± 8.32%, max 45%. Patients with general and deep burns < 10% mainly 58.43% and 32.52%. There 11.65% of burn patients with associated pathology and patients with epilepsy accounted for the highest rate with 11 cases (1.91%). A large number of hospitalized patients were treated without surgery (55.48%). Surgery 256 patients (44.52%). 16 cases of amputation (2.78%). The main cause of amputation is high-voltage electrical burns (75%). Patients recovered and discharged 92.87%; 02 patients died (0.35%); 39 patients were referred (6.78%). Patients hospitalized for more than 15 days: 39.13%; the average day of treatment was 13.42 ± 16.51.
Conclusion: The rate of electrical burns is quite high (28.35%), leaving severe sequelae (amputation). It is necessary to propagate more widely in the mass media, measures to prevent burn accidents and provide first aid after burns.

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