PURPOSE: @entity130 require a multidisciplinary approach. Emergency Departments can play vital roles in the treatment of burns. The purpose of this study is to investigate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the adult burn @entity1 admitted to our Emergency Department and to determine the frequency of the @entity1 who were treated on an outpatient basis and discharged from the Emergency Department. PROCEDURE: A retrospective review of 314 adult burn @entity1 who presented to the Emergency Medicine Department of Erciyes University Hospital from January 1996 to December 2000. FINDINGS: Sixty-four percent of the @entity1 were male. Mean age was 32.9+/-14.7. Ninety-nine @entity1 (32%) had moderate to major burns. The highest numbers of @entity1 were in the 21-30 age group. Flame burns comprised the majority of presentations and admissions (48 and 69%, respectively). Thirteen @entity1 had associated @entity130 (4%). Eighty-seven @entity1 (28%) were hospitalized, 21 of these died. @entity204 occurred mostly from @entity1576 and @entity295 . Domestic accidents were the leading mechanism (63%). CONCLUSION: Burns were mostly due to accidents arising from carelessness, ignorance, hazardous traditions and improperly manufactured products. These can be prevented through mass education programs countrywide. Because almost all burn @entity1 present to Emergency Departments first and not all hospitals can employ burn specialists, the @entity1 with minor burns can be treated on an outpatient basis and the treatment of severe burns can be effectively initiated by emergency physicians.

Adult burn XXXX in an Emergency Department in Central Anatolia, Turkey: a 5-year analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['sepsis'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory failure'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['Death'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['injuries', 'Burn injuries']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['injuries']
