Burn In Pregnancy (A Prospective Study of 60 Pregnant Burned Women With Thermal Injuries) | ||
| KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 37-43 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; Dr. Mohammed Breesam Hatef .M.B.Ch.B | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of the study: To elucidate the maternal & fetal out comes of burn in pregnancy & to put guidelines for their management. Abstract: From Dec. 1999 to Dec. 2010, there were (60) burned pregnant women' (mostly domestic accidents), nine (15%) of them treated as out patient cases, and fifty one (85%) were admitted to the hospital (Hilla teaching hospital and Al-Kindy teaching hospital) and were studied prospectively, nine cases (15%) had minor injuries, six cases (10%) moderate injuries, and forty five (75%) major burns. Sixteen cases (26.6%) were in the first trimester, sixteen cases (26.6%) in the second and twenty eight cases (46.6%) in the third trimester. Fourteen cases (23.3%) treated surgically in form of wound excision and skin graft. Interferences with pregnancy performed only in two cases in form of induction of labor and caesarian section. Twenty two patients (36.6%) and twenty seven (45%) fetuses died. We conclude that the prevention is better than treatment and management of these cases is a difficult task and conservative approach gives good results. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| burn; Pregnancy; abortion; premature labor; intrauterine fetal death | ||
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