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An Analysis of Pediatric Burn Cases in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

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An Analysis of Pediatric Burn Cases in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

Abstract

Abstract
Objective: Burns continue to be a serious global public health problem all over the world, especially in developing countries.
Material and Methods: The age, gender, cause of injury and total body surface area (TBSA) of the burn, complications and mortality rate of 1.038 patients who were hospitalised in our burn centre between January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2020 were analysed.
Results: The burned surface area was greater in boys than in girls. The mean burned body surface area for all patients was 9.2±6.35, and the mortality rate was 1.45%. Hot liquids, such as tea, hot milk, hot water and oily food, were the causes of burns in 84.7% of the patients. Hot objects, hot melted nylon, hot tandoor and embers and hot asphalt accounted for 7.7% of the burns. Moreover, flame burns, electrical burns and frostbite and other burn causes accounted for 5.6%, 1.2 % and 0.8% of burn injuries, respectively.
Conclusions: In our region, paediatric burns occurred mostly in boys under the age of three and in children whose parents had low educational levels living in rural areas. We believe that the burn prevention program should be adjusted according to these results.justed according to these results.

Keywords

burns , pediatrics , epidemiology , emergency medicine, , microbial profil

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Kaynak Göster

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1.Demir Yiğit Y, Yiğit E. An Analysis of Pediatric Burn Cases in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey: A 10-Year Retrospective Study. KSÜ Tıp Fak Der. 2022;17(3):152-159. doi:10.17517/ksutfd.1024318