Car Seat Burns in Infants: Avoiding Confusion With Inflicted Burns

Autor:	Barton D. Schmitt, Jane D. Gray, Helen L. Britton
Rok vydání:	1978
Předmět:	Child abuse business.industry Human factors and ergonomics Poison control medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health False accusation Car seat Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Injury prevention medicine Medical emergency business human activities
Zdroj:	Pediatrics. 62:607-609
ISSN:	1098-4275 0031-4005
DOI:	10.1542/peds.62.4.607
Popis:	Summertime drivers commonly experience annoyance, discomfort, or even exquisite pain from hot car seats. The fact that these hot surfaces can lead to second-degree burns in young infants is less well known. The purpose of this article is to report five cases of car seat burns in children, to review the data from a brief study on peak temperatures of car seats, to offer recommendations for preventing car seat burns, to review the diagnostic criteria of car seat burns, and to examine the problem of false accusations of child abuse in these cases. CASE REPORTS Case 1 An 8-month-old girl was admitted to the hospital for a clinically infected bum. Three days before admission her that her left arm was red and blistered.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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