Causes of mortality in burns

Back ground:- Burn is a common emergency in clinical practice and remain a major medical problem. Objectives:- To diagnose the causes of death in patient who are burned with different type of burn. Method:- Two hundred and ninety three dead Patients were studied to diagnose the causes of death. Results:- Our study showed that 198 dead patients were females (67.57%) and 95dead patients were males (32.43%) and female to male ratio were 2.1:1. The age ranged from 1to 90 years, with mean age of the patients was 29 years. Also our study showed that the most common cause of death were sepsis 57% followed by multi organ failure 28%, respiratory failure 8%, brain death 4% and shock 3%. Conclusion:- Our study showed that the most common cause of death were sepsis followed by multi organ failure, respiratory failure, brain death and shock.