Woodstoves uncovered: a paediatric problem
| Autor: | John F. Fraser, Kelvin Choo, Joanna C. E. Wright, Jessica R Street, Roy M. Kimble |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Referral Burn Units Poison control Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Accident Prevention Age Distribution Risk Factors Epidemiology Injury prevention Humans Medicine Retrospective Studies Trauma Severity Indices business.industry Public health Australia Infant Newborn Infant Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Accidents Child Preschool Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Female Surgery Burns business |
| Zdroj: | Burns. 28:472-474 |
| ISSN: | 0305-4179 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0305-4179(02)00046-3 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To document and describe the effects of woodstove burns in children. To identify how these accidents occur so that a prevention strategy can be devised. Design, Patients and Setting: Retrospective departmental database and case note review of all children with woodstove burns seen at the Burns Unit of a Tertiary Referral Children's Hospital between January 1997 and September 2001. Main outcome measures: Number and ages of children burned: circumstances of the accidents; injuries-sustained, treatment-required and long-term sequelae. Results. Eleven children, median age 1.0 year, sustained burns, usually to the hands, of varying thickness. Two children required skin grafting and five required scar therapy. Seven children intentionally placed their hands onto the Outside of the stove. In all children, burns occurred despite adult supervision Conclusions: Woodstoves area cause of burns in children. These injuries are associated with significant morbidity and financial costs. Through public education, woodstove burns can easily be prevented utilising simple safety measures. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd and ISBI All rights reserved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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