Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: The present epidemiological study was conducted on Burn patients to assess the outcome of Management. Materials & methods: A total of 50 burn patients were enrolled. Complete demographic and clinical details of all the patients were obtained. Details of the patients’ age, sex, socio-economic status, education level, area of residence, total body surface area involved, level of burn, type of burn, nature of burn,type of management given and surgery performed, and final outcome were recorded. Data was collected from medical records department of the hospital. A Performa was made to record the findings. All the burn patients were managed using conservative or surgical treatment. Results: Cause of burn was suicidal in 10 percent of the patients while in remaining 90 percent, it was accidental. In 80 percent of the patients, type of burn was thermal in nature. While assessing the depth of burn, it was deep burn in 60 percent of the patients. Treatment was conservative in 40 percent of the patients while it was surgical in 60 percent of the patients. Mortality occurred in 20 percent of the patients. Conclusion: Burn management includes various modality of treatment ranging from resuscitation in early period to conservative and surgical management during the recovery phase.