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Abstract
Burns represent one of the most devastating and horrifying injuries sustained by man. The burn injuries remain a prominent cause of death in civilian life and in modern warfare. Many parameters were established to predict burn severity as well as to assess the morbidity and mortality of burn injuries.
The present study was conducted to identify the risk factors of mortality in acutely burned patients and to evaluate the applicability of BOBI and FLAMES scores to predict the mortality in acutely burned adult patients in the Burns Unit of Alexandria Main University Hospital.
The study was carried out on 100 acutely burned adult patients with different types and severity of burn injuries. They were admitted to the Burns Unit at the Alexandria Main University Hospital from October 2014 to October 2015.
All patients or their relatives were interviewed. Then the patients were clinically examined after obtaining an informed consent.
The present study showed that the age of patients ranged from 18 years up to 67 years. Only (8%) of the burned patients were below 20 years and 6% of them were in the age group 60 years and above. In the present study, males (55%) outnumbered females (45%) with a sex ratio of 1.2:1. 60% of the burned patients were from urban regions.
The present study showed that most of patients (95%) were accidentally burned with relatively high incidence among males (56.84%). No burns due to assaults were reported, while self-inflicted (attempting suicide) burn injuries were reported in 5% of the patients and mostly among females (80%).