Snelling C F, Germann E T
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
J Trauma. 1992 Aug;33(2):258-64; discussion 264-5. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199208000-00016.
A review of burn admission patterns to Canadian hospitals from 1966 to 1991 from Statistics Canada data was prompted by a decrease to 125 burn patients admitted to Vancouver General Hospital in 1990 after a plateau at 180-195 per year for 6 years. The total number of fires from Fire Commissioner's data and data from 20 of the 27 Canadian burn units was analyzed. Canadian burn admissions decreased from 57 per 100,000 in 1966 to 23 per 100,000 in 1989. The admission rate is three times greater for children 0-4 years of age but has decreased parallel with the total. The number of fires decreased from 370 to 270 per 100,000 in the last decade. In 1981, 1986, and 1989 15 Canadian units treated a constant 15% share of hospitalized burns, while nine units reported a constant 7% of burn patients who also required ventilation for associated smoke inhalation injury. These trends forecast a 2%-4% decrease in hospitalized burns per capita per year.
加拿大统计局的数据显示，1990年温哥华总医院收治的烧伤患者人数降至125人，而此前6年每年的收治人数稳定在180 - 195人，这促使人们对1966年至1991年期间加拿大医院的烧伤收治模式进行回顾。分析了消防专员数据中的火灾总数以及加拿大27个烧伤治疗中心中20个中心的数据。加拿大的烧伤收治率从1966年的每10万人57例降至1989年的每10万人23例。0至4岁儿童的收治率是其他年龄段的三倍，但也与总体收治率一同下降。过去十年中，每10万人中的火灾数量从370起降至270起。1981年、1986年和1989年，15个加拿大烧伤治疗中心收治的住院烧伤患者比例始终保持在15%，而9个中心报告称，因伴有烟雾吸入性损伤而需要通气治疗的烧伤患者比例始终为7%。这些趋势预示着人均住院烧伤患者数量每年将下降2% - 4%。
