Upper Extremity Burns from Woodstoves
| Autor: | William D. Morain, Norman N. Yanofsky |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 73:722-726 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.73.5.722 |
| Popis: | Twenty-one woodstove-related burns of the hand and forearm in preschool-aged children were reviewed concerning nature and mechanism of injury, treatment, and clinical course. Two distinct patterns of injury were seen: with infants less than 14 months of age, burns occurred almost exclusively when the child touched the stove intentionally, unable to distinguish it from another piece of furniture; in older children burns were always "accidental." [See figure in the PDF file] Most burns epithelialized spontaneously with surgical intervention and without functional disability. Protective devices are available and could prevent childhood burns from woodstoves. |
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