Acta médica portuguesa
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Acta médica portuguesa · Nov 1993
[Burns. A retrospective study of the Burn Unit of the Hospital de Santa Maria].
A retrospective analysis was made concerning 291 admissions to the Burn Care Unit from June 1987 to March 1992, due to acute burns. Within that considered period of time there was a progressive increase in the number of admissions. Of the patients admitted, patients 177 men were and 144 women. ⋯ The average time of admission was 24.3 days. The mortality rate was 18%. The observer complications were mainly cutaneous and were seen on patients who were lately debrided.
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Acta médica portuguesa · Nov 1993
[The treatment of burn patients. What are the prospects for the northern area of Portugal?].
The AA studied the distribution of age, sex, aetiology, and destiny of the 173 in-patients at the S. João Hospital (Central hospital that has no Burn Unit). In what concerns age, 38.1% are children less than 10 years old; the male/female ratio was 1.7:1. ⋯ These findings were compared to a Burn Unit of a Spanish Hospital (Alicante) which has 18 beds for adults and children, normally interning 132 patients per year. As the WHO suggest one special bed per 30,000 persons, we should be expected to have at least 110 beds for burn patients (we only have 9 beds at Prelada Hospital), the AA suggest the establishment of a Burn Unit at S. João Hospital, also due to the fact that is the only hospital that has a permanent emergency care for Plastic Surgery.