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Date Published: 28/03/2026
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DOI: 10.56535/jmpm.v51i3.1870
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Vol. 51 No. 3 (2026): JOURNAL OF MILITARY PHARMACO-MEDICINE No.3 - 2026
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Nguyen, T. N. M., Le, Q. T., & Hoang, V. V. (2026). CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CHALLENGES IN MILITARY BURN CARE: A DATA ANALYSIS AT LE HUU TRAC NATIONAL BURN HOSPITAL (2021-2025). Journal of Military Pharmaco-medicine, 51(3), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.56535/jmpm.v51i3.1870

CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CHALLENGES IN MILITARY BURN CARE: A DATA ANALYSIS AT LE HUU TRAC NATIONAL BURN HOSPITAL (2021-2025)

Thai Ngoc Minh Nguyen1,2, , Quang Thao Le1,2, Van Vu Hoang1,2
1 Học viện Quân y
2 Bệnh viện Bỏng Quốc gia Lê Hữu Trác, Học viện Quân y

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Abstract

Objectives: To analyze the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of peacetime military burns (2021 - 2025), compare them with modern warfare burn patterns, and propose military medical orientations. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 174 medical records of military inpatients treated at Le Huu Trac National Burn Hospital from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. Results: Professional military personnel accounted for the highest proportion (33.9%). The leading causes were thermal burns (flame: 39%; scald: 25.7%). The rate of flame burns in the Enlisted Personnel group was 54.3%, significantly higher than in the Officer group (p < 0.05). 100% of electrical and chemical burn cases were deep burns. In the acute burn group, the recovery rate reached 98.1%, while the mortality rate was 1.9%. Conclusion: The peacetime military burns pattern primarily consists of isolated thermal injuries, fundamentally differing from the complex polytrauma characteristics of modern warfare. This reality necessitates an urgent renewal of medical training, shifting the focus from favorable hospital-based treatment to field emergency skills and disaster preparedness.

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Military burns, Burn epidemiology, Disaster medicine

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