Plastic Surgery Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo (Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro), Vigo, Spain.
Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, Spain.
Int Wound J. 2020 Dec;17(6):1717-1724. doi: 10.1111/iwj.13456. Epub 2020 Jul 14.
The treatment of burns is one of the earliest medical activities on record, probably because of the powerful impact of their physical consequences among other sequelae. The aim of the present paper is to perform an epidemiological study of burn patients. The data were obtained by reviewing the medical histories of all those patients admitted or treated in the Outpatients Department of the Burn Unit of our hospital between 2013 and 2017. A sample was gathered of 1401 patients, made up of 716 males (51.11%) and 685 females (48.89%), in a ratio of males to females of 1.05, with a mean age of 40.74 years old. The burns were mainly suffered in a domestic setting (60.96%), mostly as a result of contact with hot liquids. Most of the burns were second degree superficial burns (60.03%), and affected a mean total body surface area (TBSA) of 4.61%. They were most often produced on the hands. It was found that the frequency of burns increased during the summer and during the main mealtimes of the day. These data may be used to make specific plans of prevention, and as a basis for new studies and databases to be made.
烧伤的治疗是有记录以来最早的医学活动之一，这可能是因为烧伤除了其他后遗症外，对身体造成的影响非常严重。本文旨在对烧伤患者进行一项流行病学研究。通过回顾 2013 年至 2017 年间我院烧伤科门诊收治或治疗的所有患者的病历，获得了这些数据。共收集了 1401 名患者的样本，其中男性 716 名（51.11%），女性 685 名（48.89%），男女比例为 1.05，平均年龄为 40.74 岁。烧伤主要发生在家庭环境中（60.96%），主要是由于接触热液。大多数烧伤为二度浅度烧伤（60.03%），平均总体表面积（TBSA）为 4.61%。烧伤最常发生在手上。研究发现，烧伤的频率在夏季和一天中的主要用餐时间增加。这些数据可用于制定具体的预防计划，并为新的研究和数据库提供依据。
