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Mortality and morbidity of fireworks-related burns on the annual last wednesday of the year festival (charshanbeh soori) in iran: an 11-year study.
Vaghardoost, Reza; Ghavami, Yaser; Sobouti, Behnam; Mobayen, Mohammad Reza.
Afiliação
  • Vaghardoost R; Burn Research Center, Shahid Motahari Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
  • Ghavami Y; Burn Research Center, Shahid Motahari Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
  • Sobouti B; Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Shahid Motahari Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
  • Mobayen MR; Burn Research Center, Shahid Motahari Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Trauma Mon ; 18(2): 81-5, 2013 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24350158
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Management of firework-related injuries is costly for the patient, society, and government.

OBJECTIVES:

Evaluating effective factors yielding to such injuries may lead to better management of patients and decreased costs and morbidities. PATIENTS AND MATERIALS This retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on burn patients referred to Shahid Motahari Burns Hospital on Charshanbeh Soori day festival during the period extending from March 2000 to March 2011 (11 days in an 11-year period). Demographic data, causes of burn injury, severity, and affected body parts were recorded. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.

RESULTS:

There were164 patients in the study with a mean age of 18.34 ± 9.31 years; 87% (145/164) were male. Homemade grenades were the most frequent cause of injury. Hand injury was reported in 56% (92/164) of the cases. Amputation was executed in 7 (4.3%) cases, and 6 (3.7%) patients died due to severe burn injuries and facial damage.

CONCLUSIONS:

Fireworks- related injuries during Charshanbeh Soori ceremony causes significant morbidities and damage to different body parts (especially upper limbs and face), and some of these injuries will lead to life time disabilities, amputations, and even death. As most of the injured patients are young teenagers and children, special consideration must be taken into account to prevent long term morbidities.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies Idioma: En Revista: Trauma Mon Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies Idioma: En Revista: Trauma Mon Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article