The treatment of burn patients. What are the prospects for the northern area of Portugal?.

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  • A Santa-Comba Serviço de Cirurgia Plástica e Reconstrutiva, H.S. João, Porto.
  • J Amarante
  • E Malheiro

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.3157

Abstract

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. The fire and scalds are the most important aetiology. These findings are similar to those found in other countries (except in the Arabian Countries). Of these 99 burn patients have been treated in S. João Hospital, 71 patients were sent to the Burn Unit of Prelada Hospital and 3 to the Burn Unit of Coimbra University Hospital. 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.

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Santa-Comba A, Amarante J, Malheiro E. The treatment of burn patients. What are the prospects for the northern area of Portugal?. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 1993 Nov. 30 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];6(11):521-6. Available from: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/3157

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