Suicide by burns: a tragic end

Through the period of 20 months from May 1995 to December 1996, of the 759 patients who presented to the burn unit of Ain Shams University in Cairo Egypt, 23 had attempted suicide by self-immolation. 21 patients were females and 2 were males. The total body surface area burn ranged between 15 to 95%...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Burns 1999-06, Vol.25 (4), p.337-339
Hauptverfasser:	Mabrouk, Amr R, Mahmod Omar, Abdel Nasser, Massoud, Karim, Sherif, Mahmod Magdy, El Sayed, Nahla
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Anti-Infective Agents, Local - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Body Surface Area Burns - etiology Burns - pathology Burns - therapy Educational Status Egypt Female Hospitalization Humans Kerosene Length of Stay Male Marital Status Medical sciences Middle Aged Poverty Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Sex Factors Silver Sulfadiazine - therapeutic use Social Class Suicide Suicide - prevention & control Suicide - psychology Survival Rate
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Zusammenfassung:	Through the period of 20 months from May 1995 to December 1996, of the 759 patients who presented to the burn unit of Ain Shams University in Cairo Egypt, 23 had attempted suicide by self-immolation. 21 patients were females and 2 were males. The total body surface area burn ranged between 15 to 95% with a mean of 45% and the mortality rate was 73%. Kerosene was used by all the patients to ignite the fire.
ISSN:	0305-4179 1879-1409
DOI:	10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00179-X