From: Epidemiology of burn injuries in Nepal: a systemic review
Study | Age group | Total patient number, n | Flame burn (%) | Scald burn (%) | Electric burn (%) | Contact burn (%) | Chemical burn (%) | Others (%) |
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Liu et al. [5] | All ages | 237 | 152(64.1) | 67(28.3) | 9(3.8) | 1(0.4) | 3(1.3) | 5(2.1) |
Shrestha et al. [8] | Pediatrics | 22 | 10(45.4) | 12(54.5) | – | – | – | – |
Poudel-Tandukar et al. [9] | Pediatrics | 350 | 125(35.7) | 187(53.4) | – | 36(10.3) | – | 2(0.6) |
Chalise et al. [10] | All ages | 50 | 33(66.0) | 8(16.0) | 7(14.0) | – | 2(4.0) | – |
Dahal et al. [6] | All ages | 100 | 64(64.0) | 21(21.0) | 14(14.0) | – | 1(1.0) | – |
Rai et al. [11] | All ages | 78 | 48(61.5) | 15(19.2) | 11(14.1) | – | – | 4(5.1) |
Gupta et al. [29] | All ages | 54 | 21(38.9) | 32(59.3) | – | – | – | 1(1.9) |
Sharma et al. [7] | All ages | 819 | 633(77.3) | 69(8.4) | 104(12.7) | 2(0.2) | 5(0.6) | 6(0.7) |