PMID: 9429036Jan 16, 1998Paper

Self-inflicted burns

Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
D R CameronM Muller

Abstract

Self-inflicted burns are a regular source of admissions to burns units world wide. This study examines the characteristics and outcomes of those who deliberately burn themselves. The medical records of all patients admitted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital Burns Unit and identified as having suffered a self-inflicted burn between 1990 and 1995 were reviewed. The records of patients who doused themselves with flammable liquid between 1984 and 1995 were examined as a separate group. Of 1072 admissions there were 44 cases (4.1 per cent) of deliberately self-inflicted burns. Average age was 30 yr with an average total burn surface area (TBSA) of 30 per cent (range 1-98 per cent). Schizophrenia, depression and personality disorder were diagnosed in 71 per cent. Alcohol intoxication was common in the rest. Suicide attempters were almost all male and the majority (60 per cent) were diagnosed with a major psychiatric illness. Self-mutilators suffered much less serious burns and none died. Self-inflicted burns accounted for 24 per cent of burns admitted to the intensive care unit. Self-immolation with flammable liquid resulted in severe burns with a 45 per cent mortality. A number of differences was demonstrated between those patients who...Continue Reading

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