Pediatric burns and the leading factors of burn injury

Year 2022, Volume: 32 Issue: 2, 215 - 219, 29.04.2022

Abdulkadir Başaran Özer Özlü

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1002395

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Objective: Burn trauma is an important health problem especially in children who are mostly the affected group as they are not fully capable of protecting themselves from injuries. The aim of this study is to present the clinical features of preschool pediatric burn patients treated in our tertiary reference burn center and highlight the main factors leading to burn injury.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 in our tertiary burn center. A total of 123 patients at preschool age who were hospitalized are included in this cross-sectional study. The clinical features, burn etiology and the environmental factors leading to burn injury were obtained from patient files, hospital registry and face to face interviews with parents of hospitalized children.
Results: The mean age of the study population was 2.40±1.3 years. The etiology of burn was mainly scalds (%87.8) followed by flame (%10.6) and electrical burns (%1.6). Among the patients 81 (%65.9) of them were living in urban area, 32 (%26) in rural area and 10 (%8.1) in tents or refugee camps. The household population was 5.53±2.3. The children were not alone (%84.6) during the burn injury and in %54.5 of cases the kitchen was the place of injury.
Conclusion: Overcrowded conditions were prominent among the patients. Although there was an adult nearby at the time of injury there was lack of supervision by the caregiver. The burns are likely to occur in the kitchen where unsafe cooking and dining on the floor takes place. Therefore preventive strategies are required to imply the importance of simple safety measures for safe cooking and dining if the children cannot be kept away from the kitchen

Keywords

Burns, Pediatric patients, Preschool age, Environmental factors

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Pediatrik yanıklar ve yanık yaralanmalarının önde gelen etkenleri

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Amaç: Yanık yaralanmasından en çok etkilenen grup çocuklardır. Çocuklar yaralanmalardan kendilerini koruyamadıkları için yanıklar önemli bir sağlık sorunu olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, üçüncü basamak referans yanık merkezimizde tedavi edilen okul öncesi pediatrik yanık hastalarının klinik özelliklerini sunmak ve yanık yaralanmasına neden olan ana faktörleri vurgulamaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma 1 Ocak 2021 ile 30 Haziran 2021 tarihleri arasında üçüncü basamak yanık merkezimizde yapıldı. Kesitsel tipteki bu çalışmaya hastanede yatarak tedavi edilen okul öncesi yaştaki toplam 123 hasta dahil edildi. Yanık oluşumuna neden olan klinik özellikler, yanık etiyolojisi ve çevresel faktörler hasta dosyalarından, hastane kayıtlarından ve hastaneye yatırılan çocukların ebeveynleri ile yüz yüze yapılan görüşmelerden elde edildi.
Bulgular: Çalışma grubunun yaş ortalaması 2,40±1,3 yıl idi. Yanık etiyolojisi olarak en sık haşlanma (%87,8) ardından alev (%10,6) ve elektrik (%1,6) yanıkları görüldü. Hastaların 81'i (%65,9) kentsel, 32'si (%26) kırsal alanda ve 10'u (%8,1) çadır veya mülteci kamplarında yaşıyordu. Hane halkı nüfusu 5,53±2,3 olarak bulundu. Yanık sırasında çocuklar çoğunlukla yalnız değildi (%84,6) ve %54,5 vakada yaralanma yeri mutfaktı.
Sonuç: Hastaların çevresinde aşırı kalabalık koşullar belirgindi. Yaralanma anında yakınlarda bir yetişkin olmasına rağmen bakan kişinin çocuğun gözetiminde eksikliği vardı. Yanıkların çoğunun emniyetsiz yemek pişirme ve yerde yemek yemenin gerçekleştiği mutfakta meydana gelmesi muhtemeldir. Bu nedenle, çocuklar mutfaktan uzak tutulamıyorsa, güvenli yemek pişirmek için gerekli önlemler alınmalı, sıcak sıvı içeren kaplar kapalı tutulmalı ve çocuğun erişiminden uzakta bulundurulmalıdır.

Keywords

Yanık, Çocuk hastalar, Okul öncesi yaş, Çevresel faktörler

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