全球,热烧伤是烧伤的主要病因类型,占需要入院的烧伤的86%。火焰,烫伤,和接触烧伤是热烧伤的主要原因。社会的社会人口统计学特征的变化导致了烧伤流行病学的改变。了解烧伤流行病学的这种变化对于制定和执行适当的烧伤预防计划至关重要。我们试图建立目前的病因学趋势,性别分布,年龄,吸入性损伤的发生,燃烧表面积,烧伤深度,伊巴丹热烧伤的死亡率。这是一项在2013年1月至2022年12月之间进行的回顾性研究。热烧伤占烧伤的92%。男女比例为1.4:1。儿科年龄组有265名(45%)患者,和323名成年人(55%的患者)。火焰的比例,烫伤和接触烧伤为378(58%),203(32%),14(2%)。液化石油气(LPG)爆炸引起的火焰燃烧呈上升趋势,煤油的火焰燃烧减少(p<0.001)。一百九十(32%)患者有吸入性损伤。总死亡率为19%(N=114)。煤油火焰,38%(45名患者中有17名);液化石油气,32%(130例患者中有41例)是火焰损伤的最致命原因(p<0.043)。研究表明,液化石油气对热烧伤的病因的贡献越来越大。燃烧预防计划应针对LPG燃气灶和气瓶的安全使用。
Worldwide, thermal burn is the leading etiological type of burn injury accounting for 86% of burn injuries requiring admissions. Flame,
Scald, and contact burn are the leading causes of thermal burn. Changes in the sociodemographic characteristics of societies have led to alterations in the epidemiology of burn. An understanding of such changes in the epidemiology of burn is essential in formulating and executing adequate burn prevention programs. We sought to establish the current trend in the etiology, gender distribution, age, occurrence of inhalation injury, burn surface area, burn depth, and mortality rate of thermal burns at Ibadan. This was a retrospective study carried out between January 2013 and December 2022. Thermal burns constitute 92% of burn injuries. The male-to-female ratio was 1.4:1. There were 265 (45%) patients in the pediatric age group and 323 adults (55% of the patients). The proportion of flame,
scald, and contact burns were 378 (58%), 203 (32%), and 14 (2%), respectively. Flame burns resulting from liquified petroleum gas (LPG) explosion show a rising trend, with a decline in flame burns from kerosene (P < .001). One hundred and ninety (32%) patients had inhalation injury. The overall mortality was 19% (N = 114). Kerosene flame, 38% (17 of 45 patients), and LPG, 32% (41 of 130 patients), were the most lethal causes of flame injuries (P < .043). The study shows the increasing contribution of LPG to the etiology of thermal burn injuries. Burn prevention programs should target safe use of LPG stoves and cylinders.