RT - Journal Article T1 - The Epidemiology of Burn and Lethal Area of Fifty Percentage (LA50) in Children in Shiraz, Southern Iran JF - World-J-Plast-Surg YR - 2021 JO - World-J-Plast-Surg VO - 10 IS - 1 UR - http://wjps.ir/article-1-723-en.html SP - 66 EP - 70 K1 - Epidemiology K1 - Burn K1 - LA50 K1 - Children K1 - Iran AB - BACKGROUND This study was conducted to assess the epidemiology of burn and lethal area of fifty percentage (LA50) in children in Shiraz, Southern Iran. METHODS In this retrospective cross-sectional study, 619 hospitalized burn children from burn centers affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran from 2012 to 2016 were enrolled. Demographic characteristics of pa-tients such as age, gender, place and cause of burn, and morality rate were evaluated. LA50 was measured using Probit analysis. RESULTS The mean age of patients was 4.4±3.4 years. The mortality rate in burn pa-tients was 8.7% and LA50 of total body surface area (TBSA%) ranged from 40.1% in 2012 to 68.3% in 2016. Although the number of male burn patients (65%) was more than females (35%), the mortality rate in females was more than males (11.4% vs. 7.2%). Scald and flame were the most common causes of burn. CONCLUSION The findings in our burn center comparing burn patients to developed coun-tries showed that LA50 and survival rate were lower denoting to an urgent necessity to promote current policies in burn care and prevention and to de-crease the mortality rate too. LA eng UL http://wjps.ir/article-1-723-en.html M3 10.29252/wjps.10.1.66 ER -