Long-term functional sequelae after paediatric burns

Zeitlin, Rainer; Järnberg, Jukka; Somppi, E.; Sundell, B

doi:10.1016/s0305-4179(97)00052-1

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“…Owing to their potential of long term anatomical and physiological disability, burns and scalds are important issues in developing preventive strategies. 17 All victims of fatal scalds were aged between 6 months and 4.5 years. Children are more vulnerable to fatal outcome in burn injuries when compared to their adult counter-parts owing to larger body surface area relative to body weight that results in significantly high rates of heat loss due to evaporation.…”

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Fatal unintentional injuries among young children – A hospital based retrospective analysis

Kanchan

Menezes

Monteiro

2009

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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Fatal unintentional injuries among young children – A hospital based retrospective analysis

Kanchan

Menezes

Monteiro

2009

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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“…19 To our knowledge, long-term sun exposure habits after burn injuries have been investigated in only one previous study. 20 This study included 91 Finnish patients with at least 5% total body surface area burns during childhood. When they were interviewed on average 17 years after the burn, 74% reported that they sunbathed regularly in the summer, and 78% reported that the scarred skin tanned only slightly or did not acquire tanning at all.…”

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Risks for Skin and Other Cancers Up to 25 Years After Burn Injuries

Mellemkjær

Hölmich²,

Gridley³

et al. 2006

Epidemiology

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“…2,3,4,5 Drowning, burns and poisoning are particularly problematic in childhood and old age because of associated [high] fatality rates, [limited] treatment successes 6,7 and risks of life-long scars and disabilities. 8,9 Although known to disproportionately (98%) burden developing countries, 4,5 the actual childhood proportion of the [unintentional injury] burden in these countries remains unclear.…”

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Unintentional Childhood Injury Patterns, Odds, and Outcomes in Kampala City: an analysis of surveillance data from the National Pediatric Emergency Unit

Mutto

Lawoko

Nansamba³

et al. 2011

J Inj Violence Res

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Abstract:Background:Unintentional Childhood Injuries pose a major public health challenge in Africa and Uganda. Previous estimates of the problem may have underestimated the childhood problem. We set to determine unintentional childhood injury pattern, odds, and outcomes at the National Paediatric Emergency unit in Kampala city using surveillance data.Methods:Incident proportions, odds and proportional rates were calculated and used to determine unintentional injury patterns across childhood (1-12 years).Results:A total of 556 cases recorded between January and May 2008 were analyzed: majority had been transported to hospital by mothers using mini-buses, private cars, and motorcycles. Median distance from injury location to hospital was 5 km. Homes, roads, and schools were leading injury locations. Males constituted 60% of the cases. Play and daily living activities were commonest injury time activities. Falls, burns and traffic accounted for 70.5% of unintentional childhood injuries. Burns, open wounds, fractures were commonest injury types. Motorcycles, buses and passenger-cars caused most crashes. Play grounds, furniture, stairs and trees were commonest source of falls. Most burn injuries were caused by liquids, fires and hot objects. 43.8% of cases were admitted. 30% were discharged without disability; 10%, were disabled; 1%, died. Injury odds and proportional incidence rates varied with age, place and cause. Poisoning and drowning were rare. Local pediatric injury priorities should include home, road and school safety.Conclusions:Unintentional injuries are common causes of hospital visit by children under 13 years especially boys. Homes, roads and educational facilities are commonest unintentional injury sites. Significant age and gender differences exist in intentional injury causation, characteristics and outcomes. In its current form, our surveillance system seems inefficient in capturing poisoning and drowning. The local prevention priorities could include home, road and school safety; especially dissemination and uptake of proven interventions. Burns should be focus of domestic injury prevention among under-fives. Commercial passenger motorcycles require better regulation and control.

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Long-term functional sequelae after paediatric burns

Cited by 35 publications

References 15 publications

Fatal unintentional injuries among young children – A hospital based retrospective analysis

Fatal unintentional injuries among young children – A hospital based retrospective analysis

Risks for Skin and Other Cancers Up to 25 Years After Burn Injuries

Unintentional Childhood Injury Patterns, Odds, and Outcomes in Kampala City: an analysis of surveillance data from the National Pediatric Emergency Unit

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