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A five-year review of burn injuries in Irrua

BACKGROUND: The management of burns remains a challenge in developing countries. Few data exist to document the extent of the problem. This study provides data from a suburban setting by documenting the epidemiology of burn injury and ascertaining outcome of management. This will help in planning st...

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Autores principales: Dongo, Andrew E, Irekpita, Eshobo E, Oseghale, Lilian O, Ogbebor, Charles E, Iyamu, Christopher E, Onuminya, John E
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-171
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author Dongo, Andrew E
Irekpita, Eshobo E
Oseghale, Lilian O
Ogbebor, Charles E
Iyamu, Christopher E
Onuminya, John E
author_facet Dongo, Andrew E
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Oseghale, Lilian O
Ogbebor, Charles E
Iyamu, Christopher E
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description BACKGROUND: The management of burns remains a challenge in developing countries. Few data exist to document the extent of the problem. This study provides data from a suburban setting by documenting the epidemiology of burn injury and ascertaining outcome of management. This will help in planning strategies for prevention of burns and reducing severity of complications. METHODS: A total of 72 patients admitted for burns between January 1st, 2002 and December 31st, 2006 at the Irrua specialist teaching hospital were studied retrospectively. Sources of information were the case notes and operation registers. Data extracted included demographics as well as treatment methods and outcome RESULTS: The results revealed male to female ratio of 2.1:1. Over 50% of the injuries occurred at home. There was a seasonal variation with over 40% of injuries occurring between November and January. The commonest etiologic agent was flame burn from kerosene explosion. There were 7 deaths in the series. CONCLUSION: Burns are preventable. We recommend adequate supply of unadulterated petroleum products and establishment of burn centers.
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spelling pubmed-21749372008-01-05 A five-year review of burn injuries in Irrua Dongo, Andrew E Irekpita, Eshobo E Oseghale, Lilian O Ogbebor, Charles E Iyamu, Christopher E Onuminya, John E BMC Health Serv Res Research Article BACKGROUND: The management of burns remains a challenge in developing countries. Few data exist to document the extent of the problem. This study provides data from a suburban setting by documenting the epidemiology of burn injury and ascertaining outcome of management. This will help in planning strategies for prevention of burns and reducing severity of complications. METHODS: A total of 72 patients admitted for burns between January 1st, 2002 and December 31st, 2006 at the Irrua specialist teaching hospital were studied retrospectively. Sources of information were the case notes and operation registers. Data extracted included demographics as well as treatment methods and outcome RESULTS: The results revealed male to female ratio of 2.1:1. Over 50% of the injuries occurred at home. There was a seasonal variation with over 40% of injuries occurring between November and January. The commonest etiologic agent was flame burn from kerosene explosion. There were 7 deaths in the series. CONCLUSION: Burns are preventable. We recommend adequate supply of unadulterated petroleum products and establishment of burn centers. BioMed Central 2007-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC2174937/ /pubmed/17956614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-171 Text en Copyright © 2007 Dongo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Irekpita, Eshobo E
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Ogbebor, Charles E
Iyamu, Christopher E
Onuminya, John E
A five-year review of burn injuries in Irrua
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title_short A five-year review of burn injuries in Irrua
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-171
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