%0 Journal Article
%T EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF HOSPITALIZED BURN PATIENTS IN RURAL AREA
%A Jayant D Deshpande
%A Padmakar K Baviskar
%A Deepak B Phalke
%J International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research
%D 2012
%I Scholar Science Journals
%R 10.7439/ijbar.v3i4.424
%X Background: Burns represent one of the major health problems in India.Objective: To study some of the important epidemiological factors in relation to burn cases. Methods: Present study was retrospective study of all burn injury cases admitted hospital situated in rural area. The information obtained was tabulated analyzed using the software GraphPad Instat. Results: Overall female burn patients were significantly higher than male. Majority of female patients had total burn surface area more than 35% whereas 48.70% of the male patients had a total burn surface area more than 35% (  2= 7.99, p = 0.005). Thermal burn was the commonest cause of burn followed by scalds. In majority of the patients (91.8%) burns were caused by flame occurred at home.Conclusion: Public education on safer first-aid practices and availability of good burn care facilities is necessary.
%K Burn
%K epidemiology
%K determinants
%U http://ijbar.ssjournals.com/index.php/journal/article/view/132