%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiologia das queimaduras no estado de Minas Gerais
%A Le£żo
%A Carlos Eduardo Guimar£żes
%A Andrade
%A Elton Silva de
%A Fabrini
%A Dreyfus Silva
%A Oliveira
%A Ricardo Ara¨²jo de
%A Machado
%A Giselle Lelis Burgarelli
%A Gontijo
%A Leandro Costa
%J Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Pl¨˘stica
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Pl¨˘stica
%R 10.1590/S1983-51752011000400006
%X background: burns are lesions to organic tissues caused by external agents, resulting in destruction of the epithelial covering. this study aims to clarify the epidemiological profile of burns at hospital jo£żo xxiii, belo horizonte, mg, brazil - the largest center for burn care in latin america. methods: a database of 687 patients admitted to hospital jo£żo xxiii from february 2009 to july 2010 was created; it included patient demographics, burn etiology, surface and burned areas, intentionality, time of admission, and death profiles among other data. results: most of the admitted patients were male (62.5%), and the mean age was 29 years old; 66% were from belo horizonte, and 34% were from the countryside of other states. alcohol was the most frequent etiologic agent (34.4%), which was responsible for the most extensive burns (average burned body surface: 28%) and responsible for most deaths (52.7%). with regard to intentionality, 79% were accidental burns, followed by suicide attempts (12%) and aggression (9%). the average period of admission was 23.5 days with a mortality rate of 16.3%, which is decreasing progressively. during the monitoring period, 984 debridement and 584 grafting procedures were performed. conclusions: the obtained data are similar to those available in the literature. they also evidence the importance of burn prevention and highlight the need to re-examine how flammable products are marketed in order to decrease the morbidity and mortality rates caused by burns, since most burns are accidental and caused by liquid alcohol.
%K burns [epidemiology]
%K burn units [statistics & numerical data]
%K ethanol.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-51752011000400006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en