Nursing care and epidemiological analyse of elderly burn patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2012.11.006
- VernacularTitle:老年烧伤患者流行病学分析及护理
- Author:
Yue LV
1
;
Qiao LING
;
Qing-Ling LIAO
;
Qing-Qing ZHANG
Author Information
1. 解放军总医院南楼
- Keywords:
Elderly;
Burn injury;
Epidemiological analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2012;18(11):1258-1260
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the epidemiological character of elderly burn patients and to provide the experience of prevention and treatment.Methods The retrospective study method was used,and totals of 531 elderly patients with burn from January 2002 to December 2010 in two hospitals were selected.Cases information such as demographics,clinical diagnosis,treatments,causes of injury,mortality rate and causes of death since admission and so on was recorded and analysed,then,the epidemiological character was summarized and the prevention and treatment were proposed.Results Among 531 patients with burn,the average age was 72.86,the rate of burn in home was 72.5％ and in accident was 16.70％.The clinical cure rate was 82.11％and the mortality rate was 2.33％.The proportion of the elderly burn patients account for the total admitted patients in the same period was 5.13％ in 2002 and 5.64％ in 2010,and the average age of elderly burn patients was higher from 72.53 years old in 2002 to 73.58 years old in 2010.Conclusions The proportion of the elderly burn patients account for total admitted patients in the same period was higher as well as the average age of patients from 2002 to 2010.We should pay more attention to the prevention and education for the burn in home as the main cause of elderly burn patients is the home burn.
