Studies of Mortality in Burn Cases (Undersogelser over Dodeligheden ved Forbraendinger),
Abstract
Following Chief Physician Jersild's paper at the 12 March 1935 meeting of the Medical Society, it was decided that all the copious material of the case records of burn cases treated at Rudolph Berghs Hospital would be processed and published with more detail, and that this could be done in a paper. The following is a survey of the chief results of that work. Nearly all of the earlier workers on burn cases have given summarized data of the number of cases, the number of deaths, and the calculated lethality. The purpose of the present study is to give the extent and nature of burns and to find the mortality in relation thereto. The available material comprises 1574 patients admitted in the period from 1 July 1916 to 1 July 1935. Of these, 110 died in the hospital and 2 after transfer to other hospitals. In summary, this gives a lethality of 7.1%.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 22, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA027498
Entities
People
- Poul Luetken
Organizations
- US Army Medical Information and Intelligence Agency