Causes of mortality in burns, prospective study

Abstract

Background: Burn is a common emergency in clinical practice and remain a major medical and surgical problem. Objectives: To diagnose the causes of death in patient who are burned with different types of burns. Patients and Method: One hundred dead Patients were studied to diagnose the causes of death. Results: Our study showed that 60 dead patients were females (60%) and 40 dead patients were males (40%) and female to male ratio were 1.5:1.The age ranged from 1 to 90 years, with mean age of the patients was 25 years + 5 years. our study showed that the most common cause of death were sepsis 50 (50%) followed by multiorgan failure 25 (25%), respiratory failure 15 (15%), shock 8 (8%), brain death 2 (2%).Conclusion: Our study showed that the most common cause of death were sepsis followed by multi organ failure, respiratory failure, shock and brain death.