An evaluation of pediatric burn patieints a fifteen-years period
Yazarlar (1)
Prof. Dr. Ali GÜNEŞ Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | ||
| Makale Dili | – | Basım Tarihi | 11-2012 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 18 / 6 / 514–518 | DOI | – |
| Makale Linki | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/jvi.asp?pdir=travma&plng=eng&un=UTD-75031&look4= | ||
| UAK Araştırma Alanları |
Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları (Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları)
|
||
| Özet |
| Objective: Burn injuries are a huge public health issue for children. The aim of this study was to determine demographic, etiologic, burn wound infections and clinical trends of 2346 pediatric burns patients during fifteen years in the southeast provinces of Turkey, and create criteria for a pediatric burn prevention program.Patients and method: Age, gender, degree of burn, demographics, etiology of burn, burn wound infections, and length of hospital stay, the total body surface area percentage and outcome data of 2346 children who admitted to the Burn Center of Dicle University between January 1994 and December 2008 were recorde.Results: The average age of 2346 pediatric burn patients were 4.42±3.56 years. There were 1,064 (45.3%) males and 1,282 (54.7%) females. The highest incidence appeared in the 0–4 years group as 68.5%. Burn type of cases was 1828 (77.9%) scalding burns, 332 (14.2%) flame burns and 186 (7.9%) electrical burns. The mean of total body surface area burn was 21.5±12.6%. The mean of Length of hospitalization was 12.87±10.02 days.Conclusion: In our study, the epidemiological features of pediatric burns are different from the other region. Burn prevention education should train the for pediatric burn prevention. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
