Francisco Javier Pacheco Compaña1, Edgar Mauricio Avellaneda Oviedo2, Alba González Rodríguez2, Sara Alicia González Porto2. 1. Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Avenida As Xubias, 84, CP: 15006 A Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: javipacheco25@hotmail.com. 2. Plastic Surgery Department and Burn Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Avenida As Xubias, 84, CP: 15006 A Coruña, Spain.
Abstract
AIM: San Juan (Summer Solstice) is an annual festival celebrated in many parts of Spain on June 24 by lighting bonfires on beaches and in open air. The aim of this study is to analyse the patient profile of those sustaining burns the night before San Juan. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The data of 179 patients who sustained burns on June 23 and 24 between 2005 and 2015 were collected retrospectively. RESULTS: The average age of the patients involved in this study was 27.33 years, with males constituting a higher proportion. Hands were the most affected area of the body, and the average burn area was 3.39%. No statistically significant relationship was found between the tidal times and the number of patients with burns, although the latter increased at low tide (p=0.177). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study can guide prevention campaigns during these festivities in the future.
AIM: San Juan (Summer Solstice) is an annual festival celebrated in many parts of Spain on June 24 by lighting bonfires on beaches and in open air. The aim of this study is to analyse the patient profile of those sustaining burns the night before San Juan. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The data of 179 patients who sustained burns on June 23 and 24 between 2005 and 2015 were collected retrospectively. RESULTS: The average age of the patients involved in this study was 27.33 years, with males constituting a higher proportion. Hands were the most affected area of the body, and the average burn area was 3.39%. No statistically significant relationship was found between the tidal times and the number of patients with burns, although the latter increased at low tide (p=0.177). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study can guide prevention campaigns during these festivities in the future.
Authors: Vinu Perinjelil; Robert Stephen Haake; Afroze Ahmed; Fadi Al-Daoud; Tareq Maraqa; Leo Mercer; Kristoffer Wong; Stephen Morris; Donald Scholten; Gul Sachwani-Daswani Journal: J Burn Care Res Date: 2021-03-04 Impact factor: 1.845