Authors : Ghasemali Khorasani , Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr and Azadeh Eghbalian
Abstract: The Mazandaran province is located in the Northern part of Iran. This province is surrounds by Alborz mountain ranges and it is difficult to transfer patients to the high level of medical care in capital of Iran. Zare` hospital is only a "Burn and Referral center" in the North of Iran. The population of Mazandaran province is about 3 million. The total number of patients in this study was 484 in 2006. Of course some of them were from other neighboring provinces. Among patients admitted to the center, 140 (28.9%) and 101 (21.9%) were young adult aged 21-30 years old and children under 10 years old, respectively. The incidence rate of burn hospitalization was 11.6 per 100,000 persons living in Mazandaran province. Kerosene was the most common etiology of burns (45.7%). Thirty seven percent of patients constituted more than 30% burn surface. The hospital stay duration was with a range of 1-93 days. The majority of patients stayed 8-30 days in hospital (61.2%). The overall mortality rate was 28% (20.6% for male and 41% for females). Most of burned patients required surgery for more than three times (60%). With regard to high rate mortality and burn surface area for reducing incidence of burns, it is necessary to train people by preventive program through public media.
Ghasemali Khorasani , Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr and Azadeh Eghbalian , 2007. Epidemiology and Mortality of Burns in the North of Iran . Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 519-522.