Descriptive epidemiological study of burn admissions to the Burns Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana, 2009–2016

Descriptive epidemiological study of burn admissions to the Burns Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana, 2009–2016

Objective: To determine the trends in burn admissions, and aetiology, severity and mortality of patients admitted to the Burns Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from May 2009 to April 2016 (7 years). Methods: Patients' data used in this longitudinal and retrospective stu...

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Main Authors: Pius Agbenorku, Manolo Agbenorku, Angelina Tima Effah, Abdul-Rahman Adamu Bukari, Nana Yaa Odamea Asare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
Subjects:
Burns
Aetiology
Scald
Open flame
Mortality
Online Access:http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2017;volume=6;issue=3;spage=112;epage=119;aulast=Agbenorku

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