Burn injuries in the Jeddah area of Saudi Arabia: a study of 319 cases

Abstract

Three hundred and nineteen patients with different types of burns were studied at King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia over a 2-year period (December, 1985 to December, 1987). Scalding was the most common cause (56.4 per cent) of burn injuries compared with 41.4 per cent of patients who sustained flame injury; 84.6 per cent of the thermal injuries occurred at home, with children (≤ 18 years of age) being affected most frequently (61.8 per cent). The overall mortality was 9.4 per cent. © 1989.