Severity of burn and its related factors: A study from the developing country Pakistan

Highlights • We examine various risk factors associated with severity of burn. • Lower limb and head/neck burns resulted in higher severity of burn. • Illiterate young men less than 25 years of age have higher severity of burn. • Intention to harm one resulted in higher severity of burns.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Burns 2016-06, Vol.42 (4), p.901-905
Hauptverfasser:	Adil, Syed Omair, Nisar, Nighat, Ehmer-Al-Ibran, Shafique, Kashif, Baig-Ansari, Naila
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Burns Burns - epidemiology Burns - etiology Burns - pathology Critical Care Cross-Sectional Studies Educational Status Female Hospitalized patient Humans Incidence Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Pakistan Pakistan - epidemiology Risk Factors Risk factors leading to burn Sex Distribution Trauma Severity Indices Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • We examine various risk factors associated with severity of burn. • Lower limb and head/neck burns resulted in higher severity of burn. • Illiterate young men less than 25 years of age have higher severity of burn. • Intention to harm one resulted in higher severity of burns.
ISSN:	0305-4179 1879-1409
DOI:	10.1016/j.burns.2016.01.007