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2383357

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Over a 12-month period, 1704 children less than 15 years old with burn injuries seen in the accident and emergency departments of seven major regional hospitals in Hong Kong were analysed with respect to their epidemiological data. The age group with the highest risk for injury was 0-4 years (57 per cent) and with a maximum at 1-2 years of age. Boys showed a significantly higher incidence of burns than girls at any age. Ninety-three per cent of the accidents occurred at home and 92 per cent were scalds caused by hot water and other fluids. In the great majority of patients the total body area of burn did not exceed 5 per cent. Younger children had a higher incidence of burns involving the head, face and anterior trunk, 39 per cent of the 0-4 year age group required hospital admission. During the winter months, the children tended to suffer from deeper burns.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0305-4179
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
182-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
An analysis of 1704 burn injuries in Hong Kong children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article