Objectives: We wanted to determine the patient profile of Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital which is one burn center in Istanbul. Methods: Patient data of last three months between November and March recorded. The data consisted of patient age, gender, duration of hospitalization, burn type, burn grade, burn percentage and burn area. The age groups were divided into 4 divisions: 0-14, 15-24, 25-64 and over 65 years. The subgroups of burn type were flame, scalding, electric, chemical, contact and hot oil burning. Burn grade divided into 4 divisions as grade1, grade2, grade3 and grade 4. Finally, the burn zones were examined in 6 parts; head, anterior body, posterior body, upper extremity, lower extremity, and multi-area. Results: A total of 108 patients' records, 38 women and 70 men, with a mean age of 24.22±2.29 were reached. The mean duration of hospitalization was 10 days. 48% of burn cases were scalding, followed by flame burns with 35.2%. The least frequent type of burn was hot oil burn, which had a 0.9% rate. 66.7% of the cases had grade 2 and 31.5% were grade 3 burn. Mean burn percentage was 10.48±8.37. While 58.3% of the cases had multi-area burns, 1.9% of the cases had posterior body. While there was no difference in any of the parameters between the groups (p>0.05), there was a positive correlation between age and burn grade (p=0.003). It was found that the incidence of scalding burn increased when age decreased (0.016). Additionally, it has been determined that the scalding burns’ length of hospitalization was greater than that of the flame burns (p=0.043). Discussion: The most common type of burn was the scalding and it can affect the duration of hospitalization. As the age increased, there was an increment in the level of burns.

Retrospective analysis of clinical data of last 3 months at Istanbul wound and burn center