Epidemiology of paediatric burns in Indore, India

Mukerji, Gaurav; Chamania, Shobha; Patidar, G.P.; Gupta, Saurabh Kumar

doi:10.1016/s0305-4179(00)00058-9

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“…[4,8,9] In our study, children constituted the group most affected by burn injury as 64.7% of our cases were aged <15 years, similar to that observed in other studies. [10,11] The highest numbers of patient hospitalizations to our burn center occurred in July, August, December, and January. The climate conditions of the region that our burn center serves necessitates the use of coal burning stoves as a heating equipment in the winter.…”

Section: Patient Discharge From the Clinic And Mortalitymentioning

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A retrospective analysis of 2713 hospitalized burn patients in a burns centre in Turkey

Albayrak

Temiz²,

Albayrak³

et al. 2017

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

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BACKGROUND: Burn trauma is a significant health problem that has physical, psychological, and economic repercussions on affected patients. The aim of this study was to present epidemiological and demographic characteristics of patients treated over an 8-year period at a reference burn treatment center located in the northeast of Turkey and serving a population of approximately four million people.

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Section: Patient Discharge From the Clinic And Mortalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A retrospective analysis of 2713 hospitalized burn patients in a burns centre in Turkey

Albayrak

Temiz²,

Albayrak³

et al. 2017

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

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“…24 Burns often occur in the kitchen. [41][42][43] In the age group of 1 to 3 years, most drownings occur in residential swimming pools. 44 In the study by Rangel et al, almost all poisoning cases occurred at home, 45 as well as the scorpion envenomations investigated by Amorim et al 46 By analyzing the deaths of 1,110 patients aged 0 to 18 years, investigated at the department of legal medicine, Çekin et al observed that household injuries accounted for 24.3% of the total number of deaths, which resulted mainly from falls from roofs and porches, burns, electrocution, drowning and poisonings.…”

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As injúrias não intencionais no ambiente domiciliar: a casa segura

Paes

Gaspar

2005

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)

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Objective: To review the characteristics of unintentional injuries and their impact on children and adolescents. Sources of data:Articles published between 2000 and 2005 in the MEDLINE, EBSCO, Proquest, SciELO, BVS and Google Scholar databases were selected. The authors used the keywords unintentional injuries, injuries, safe home, burns, falls, drowning, scorpions, snakes, poisoning, child, adolescent, mortality, injury control, and hospitalization. Some articles were evaluated based on the selected publications.Summary of the findings: Unintentional injuries in the world and in Brazil are analyzed, and so are the behaviors currently adopted for injury prevention and control. The impact on mortality, on physical damage, and the economic burden of injuries are evaluated. Special emphasis is placed on home environment, approaching the effects of child development, social disparities and contextualization of home environment on childrens world and vulnerabilities. The main types of events that cause physical damage to the child and adolescent in the home environment are described. Conclusion:The prevention of injuries in the home environment is possible. In this case, health professionals have the challenge to reduce the consequences of unintentional injuries on the morbidity and mortality of children and young people in Brazil and in the whole world.J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81(5 Suppl):S146-S154: Safety, accident prevention, injuries, home accidents, home safety, injury control.

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“…A queimadura é um acidente que leva dor e sofrimento à criança, deixa seqüelas e compromete seu psiquismo 42 . Para as que sofrem queimaduras graves, a reabilitação é demorada, há risco de prejuízo do crescimento ósseo e perdas funcionais 55 .…”

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“…Para as que sofrem queimaduras graves, a reabilitação é demorada, há risco de prejuízo do crescimento ósseo e perdas funcionais 55 . A família é atingida, em função do sofrimento da criança e dos gastos financeiros 42 A queimadura é um tipo de injúria que ocorre predominantemente em casa, em especial na cozinha [41][42][43] , acometendo principalmente pacientes de 1 a 4 anos 41 .…”

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Unintentional injuries in the home environment: home safety

Paes¹,

Gaspar²

2005

J Pediatr (Rio J)

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Como citar este artigo: Paes CE, Gaspar VL. As injúrias não intencionais no ambiente domiciliar: a casa segura. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81(5 Supl):S146-S154. AbstractObjective: To review the characteristics of unintentional injuries and their impact on children and adolescents. Sources of data:Articles published between 2000 and 2005 in the MEDLINE, EBSCO, Proquest, SciELO, BVS and Google Scholar databases were selected. The authors used the keywords unintentional injuries, injuries, safe home, burns, falls, drowning, scorpions, snakes, poisoning, child, adolescent, mortality, injury control, and hospitalization. Some articles were evaluated based on the selected publications.Summary of the findings: Unintentional injuries in the world and in Brazil are analyzed, and so are the behaviors currently adopted for injury prevention and control. The impact on mortality, on physical damage, and the economic burden of injuries are evaluated. Special emphasis is placed on home environment, approaching the effects of child development, social disparities and contextualization of home environment on childrens world and vulnerabilities. The main types of events that cause physical damage to the child and adolescent in the home environment are described. Conclusion:The prevention of injuries in the home environment is possible. In this case, health professionals have the challenge to reduce the consequences of unintentional injuries on the morbidity and mortality of children and young people in Brazil and in the whole world.J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81(5 Supl):S146-S154: Safety, accident prevention, injuries, home accidents, home safety, injury control. ResumoObjetivo: Revisar as características das injúrias físicas não intencionais e seu impacto sobre a criança e o adolescente. Fontes dos dados:Foram selecionados artigos publicados principalmente entre 2000 e 2005 nas bases de dados MEDLINE, EBSCO, Proquest, SciELO, BVS e Google Scholar. Utilizaram-se as seguintes palavras-chave: injúrias, injúrias não intencionais, casa segura, queimaduras, quedas, afogamentos, escorpionismo, ofidismo, intoxicação, criança, adolescente, mortalidade, controle de injúrias e internações. Alguns artigos foram avaliados a partir de referência de publicações pesquisadas.Síntese dos dados: São contextualizadas as injúrias não intencionais no mundo e no Brasil, bem como identificadas as condutas atualmente adotadas para sua prevenção e controle. São avaliados os impactos sobre a mortalidade, sobre o conjunto de danos físicos e o impacto econômico das injúrias. É enfatizado o enfoque sobre o ambiente doméstico, com a abordagem evolutiva da criança, as disparidades sociais e a contextualização do ambiente doméstico sobre o mundo infantil e as vulnerabilidades. São identificados os principais tipos de eventos que causam dano físico à criança e ao adolescente, especialmente no âmbito domiciliar.Conclusão: A prevenção de injúrias no ambiente doméstico é uma realidade possível, determinando desafios aos profissionais da área de saúde para a redução do imp...

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Epidemiology of paediatric burns in Indore, India

Cited by 79 publications

References 9 publications

A retrospective analysis of 2713 hospitalized burn patients in a burns centre in Turkey

A retrospective analysis of 2713 hospitalized burn patients in a burns centre in Turkey

As injúrias não intencionais no ambiente domiciliar: a casa segura

Unintentional injuries in the home environment: home safety

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