Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cheng, W F
• Zhao, D X
• Shen, Z A
• Zhang, H Y
• Tu, J J
• Yuan, Z Q
• Duan, P
• Song, G D

Titel

An epidemiological investigation of pediatric patients under 14 with large area burns: a multicenter study

Ist Teil von

• Zhong hua yi xue za zhi, 2017-02, Vol.97 (6), p.462-467

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To investigate and evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of patients under 14 with large area burns in China. Data of pediatric patients aged 0-14yr with ≥30% total body surface area (TBSA) burned admitted into 106 burn centers in the mainland of China in 2014 were retrieved. The children were divided into three age groups: 0-3, 4-6 and 7-14 years according to the age. Information of age, gender, time of burn injury, causes of burns, admission time, prehospital emergency care of burn wound, burn area, inhalation injuries, the case fatality rate and length of hospital stay were collected for analysis. Of the 486 cases included, 285 (58.6%) were boys and 201 (41.4%) were girls. The mean age of the children was (3.4±2.8) years. Children under 3 years old accounted for 67.5% of all the cases. 271 of the burn injuries (55.8%) occurred from April through August. Scalds and flames were the main causes of burns, which were the causes of 394 cases (81.1%) and 71 cases (14.6%), respectively. The burn injuries re