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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
8
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-11-12
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| pubmed:abstractText |
This is a retrospective study of the epidemiology and management of isolated foot burns presenting to the Welsh Centre for Burns from January 1998 to December 2002. A total of 289 were treated of which 233 were included in this study. Approximately 40% were in the paediatric age group and the gender distribution varied dramatically for adults and children. In the adult group the male:female ratio was 3.5:1, however in the paediatric group the male:female ratio was more equal (1.6:1). Scald burns (65%) formed the largest group in children and scald (35%) and chemical burns (32%) in adults. Foot burns have a complication rate of 18% and prolonged hospital stay. Complications include hypertrophic scarring, graft loss/delayed healing and wound infection. Although isolated foot burns represent a small body surface area, over half require treatment as in patients to allow for initial aggressive conservative management of elevation and regular wound cleansing to avoid complications. This study suggests a protocol for the initial acute management of foot burns. This protocol states immediate referral of all foot burns to a burn centre, admission of these burns for 24-48 h for elevation, regular wound cleansing with change of dressings and prophylactic antibiotics.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Dec
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| pubmed:issn |
0305-4179
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
33
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1041-5
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Antibiotic Prophylaxis,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Burn Units,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Burns,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Burns, Chemical,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Foot Injuries,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Referral and Consultation,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Time Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Wales,
pubmed-meshheading:17433550-Wound Infection
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| pubmed:year |
2007
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Foot burns: epidemiology and management.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
The Welsh Regional Burns and Plastic Surgical Unit, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, South Wales SA6 6NL, United Kingdom. sgorse@doctors.org.uk
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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