Burn injuries during pregnancy in Iran.
OBJECTIVE
To report on maternal and fetal outcome in 53 pregnant women seen at a referral burn center.


METHODS
Possible links between outcome and maternal age, level of education, marital status, percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) burned, inhalation injury, source and intentionality of the burn, and trimester of pregnancy at the time of the burn were assessed.


RESULTS
Of 5,497 women, 53 (1.3%) were pregnant at the time of admission. Maternal and fetal deaths occurred at significantly higher rates in cases of inhalation injury (P=0.001). The mean percentage of TBSA burned was significantly higher in cases of maternal or fetal death (P<0.001 for both), and when the burn has a suicidal intent (P=0.006). The maternal and fetal mortality rates were also higher when the burn was suicidal (P=0.001 and P=0.005).


CONCLUSIONS
Inhalation injury, suicidal burn injury, and percentage of TBSA burned were correlated with a higher maternal and fetal mortality.
Karimi
Hamid
H
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Momeni
Mahnoush
M
Momeni
Mazdak
M
Rahbar
Hossein
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult