IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-6-6-11096 Original Research Paper A clinicoepidemiological study of female burn patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital of Bhubaneswar, Odisha Jayant Kumar Dash Dr. June 2017 6 6 01 02 ABSTRACT

 Burn injuries, due to the associated mortality and morbidity, are a major global public health problem.The study was planned to analyze the causes, demographic factors, magnitude of burn injuries and outcome of treatment of these patients.Objectives:To study the epidemiological factors in relation to female burn cases at a tertiary care level teaching hospital.Methods: A cross–sectional study of all female burn injury cases admitted over a period of two years from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2016 by universal sampling was undertaken; using a semi–structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using EpiInfo.Result: Flame burn was the most common cause of burns accounting for 66.02% of the total burns. Scald burn was seen in 31.08% subjects and electric burn in only 2(1.94%) subjects. Overall mortality was found to be 27.18%. Conclusion:Total body surface area burnt was found to be associated with mode of burns, arrangement of cooking stove/chullah on floor in case of kitchen burns; while mortality among burn victims was found to be highly significantly associated with the total body surface area