A review of thermal injuries in young children

Raine, P.A.M.; Azmy, Amir

doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(83)80266-8

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“…11,19,28 Both accidental and abusive scald injuries account for the majority of pediatric burn hospital admissions, 20,40,41 and up to 14% of all scald burns are secondary to abuse. 36,[42][43][44] Scald injury from hot tap water requires hospitalization in 39% of cases, and of these, 12% to 45% are considered to be abusive in nature. 19,20,34,45,46 Purdue et al 8 found that 82% of children admitted with abusive burns had scald injuries present and of these, 83% were secondary to tap water and 59% had an immersion patterns present.…”

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Abusive Burns

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Child Abuse and Neglect

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Abusive Burns

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Tap Water Scalds

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1996

Child Abuse Rev.

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Tap Water Scaldsany young children are accidentally scalded by hot M liquids, the most common being the spillage of a beverage from a cup or mug. Fewer children are scalded by tap water although the scalds are frequently more extensive and more likely to resuIt in hospital admission and subsequent disability.Scalds may be the result of child abuse and neglect and in tap water scalds the proportion due to abuse or neglect is generally considered to be higher than with other types of scald injury. This is reflected in the findings of several studies summarized in Table 1.

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