• Syed Omair Adil, Nighat Nisar, Ehmer-Al-Ibran Dow University of Health Sciences, Gulzar-e-Hijri, Ojha Campus,Suparco Road, KDA Scheme-33, Karachi, Pakistan; Burns Centre, Civil Hospital Karachi Baba-e-Urdu Road, Off M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi, Kashif Shafique, and Naila Baig-Ansari.
• Dow University of Health Sciences, Gulzar-e-Hijri, Ojha Campus,Suparco Road, KDA Scheme-33, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: s.omair.adil@gmail.com.
• Burns. 2016 Jun 1; 42 (4): 901-5.

BackgroundBurns are leading cause of fatal injuries and major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The major obstacle in controlling severity is factors related to burn. This study determines frequency of burns and the factors related to it in Karachi, Pakistan.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted and 384 hospitalized adult patients with burns were consecutively interviewed during August 2013 to February 2014. Information was collected on socio-demographic profile, intent of burn, severity of burn, health hazards, physical and psychological characteristics. TBSA burn of >15% was considered as higher severity of burn.ResultsHigher severity of burns was found in 76.3% patients. Multivariate analysis showed that higher severity of burns were significantly associated with age less than 25 years (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.5-4.9), never had been to school (OR 3.1, 95% CI 1.7-5.9) and intentional burn (OR 20.6, 95% CI 5.0-84.9).ConclusionMajority of patients had higher severity of burn. The intent of injury was intentional, age less than 25 years and no schooling were found significantly associated with higher severity of burns.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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