Author(s): Abeer Gatea
Background: In most developing countries, the burn is become a big physical and social problem as a result of mortality and morbidity.
Objectives: To assess the mortality among men by various reasons and to identify the most prominent characteristics of the variables and findings.
Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the burns centre in Al-Kindi teaching hospital / Baghdad from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2017. The sample of this study was (65) case. Information was taken from the records of the deceased patients, which includes all their information from the date of entry till the issuance of the death certificate. The history of treatment and swabs was also reviewed for further details on causes of death. Patient information, including age, occupation, marital status, total body surface area (TBSA), season, burn cause, hospital stay. All analysis was performed with the Stata version 20.
Results: In this study we found that 26(40%) of them was in the age group 18-25, followed by 14(21.5%) in each 26-32, >40 age groups. also, 32(49.2%) had a job and 48(73.8%) had married. Also the flame 70.8% was the most cause of burns, then the chemical 26.2% and the electricity was only 3%. There is no significant relationship between age group and TBSA.
Conclusion and recommendation: The majority of male dead falls in the age group 18-25, had job, married. Also, the length stays in the hospital less than 5 days was higher than others. In addition, there is no significant relationship between burn site, cause of death and length stay in hospital p value <0.05. Further research on mortality rate and risk factors among male to develop a protocol related to decreasing the side effect of burns.
