Mohammad Aslam, Muhammad Zarar Niazi, Irfanullah Khan.
Epidemiology of Paediatric burns at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.
Pak J Surg Jan ;33(1):87-91.

Objective: To find out the epidemiologic characteristics of Paediatric burns. Methodology: Th is descriptive study was carried out from January 2015 to December 2015 at Plastic surgery and Burn Unit Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Manual and computerized data comprising epidemiological variables of all the patients presenting with acute burns was recorded. Results were analyzed with SPSS 23. Results: During one year study period ( Jan 2015-Dec 2015) total burn patients recorded were 7240. Paediatric patients (age 0 to 10 year) were 3947 (54.51%). Male to female ratio was 1.39:1. Minimum age recorded was 0.15 year while maximum age was 10 year (mean: 3.48 and St. Deviation: 2.22). 84.5 % of the patients were below 6 years of age. 38.2% of the burns were recorded in winter season. In most cases, cause of burn was scald (84.7%) followed by flame (10.7%). 2,829 patients (71.7%) patients belonged to district Peshawar while 1,118 (28.3%) were referred from other parts of KPK and Afghanistan. Minimum area burnt was 1% and maximum was 73% (mean: 7.12 and St.deviation: 7.89). In 3,749 cases (95%) accident occurred at home. The most common body area burnt was lower limb (34.4%) followed by upper limb (29.7%). In 25.6% cases more than one body area were involved. Conclusion: Paediatric burns are common and serious health issue. Most of these burns are preventable. While treatment facilities need enhancement, focused should be paid towards prevention of burns. Burn prevention program needs integration in to the syllabus and preventive health care.

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