Paediatric burn prevention: An epidemiological approach

Tse, Teresa; Poon, Cindy H.Y.; Tse, Ka-Hei; Tsui, Tsz-Kin; Ayyappan, T.; Burd, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2005.08.025

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“…(4) Most epidemiological studies have focussed on burns admissions, which by their nature capture larger severe burns, predominantly scalds, and often with data from Burn Centres and units. (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) This misrepresents the true scale of the challenge in burns prevention. Although 90% of childhood burns are managed in the ED, many of these ED studies have been short, retrospective, single centre studies, which either combine scalds and non-scald burns (11,12) or observe scalds alone.…”

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Agents, mechanisms and clinical features of non-scald burns in children: A prospective UK study

Johnson

Maguire

Hollén³

et al. 2017

Burns

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General rightsThis document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Full terms of use are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pure/about/ebr-terms Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted across Cardiff, Bristol and Manchester, including six emergency departments, three minor injury units and one burns unit between 13/01/2013-01/10/2015. Data collected for children aged <16 years with any burn (scald, contact, flame, radiation, chemical, electrical, friction) included: demographics, circumstances of injury and clinical features. Scalds and burns due to maltreatment were excluded from current analysis.Results: Of 564 non-scald cases, 60.8% were male, 51.1% were <3 years old, 90.1% of burns affected one anatomical site; Contact burns accounted for 86.7%, 34.8% of which were from objects placed at >0.6meters and 76.5% affected the hands. Hairstyling devices were the most common agent of contact burns (20.5%), 34.1% of hairstyling devices were on the floor. 63.7% of children aged 10-15 years sustained contact burns of which 23.2% were preparing food, and in burns from hairstyling devices, 73.3% were using them at the time of injury. Conclusions:Parents of toddlers must learn safe storage of hazardous items. Older children should be taught skills in safe cooking and hairstyling device use.

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Agents, mechanisms and clinical features of non-scald burns in children: A prospective UK study

Johnson

Maguire

Hollén³

et al. 2017

Burns

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“…Nielsen which reported that mothers with primary education level are more relevant to cause burn in their children [7]. In addition, a study by Tse, T., et al revealed that the majority of parents who have children with burn injuries completed secondary educational level [17]. Result of the current study, revealed that burn injury are more frequent in families who have more than three children 60.3%.…”

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Mother’s Characteristics, Knowledge and Practices about Children Burn Injury in Sulaimani City

Ibrahem¹,

Rashed

Mina

et al. 2017

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Burn is described as one of the leading causes of injury throughout the world, and is one of the most frequent causes of hospitalization. The aim of this study was to determine mother's characteristics, Knowledge and practices for burn injuries and burn infection prevention. A cross sectional descriptive study was undertaken in Sulaimani city, Iraq, from October 2015 to July 2016. Participants were evaluated using a structured questionnaire by face-to-face interview. Data were computerized and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.0 software. A total of 126 mothers who had burn injury in their children and admitted to burning hospital during the study period, the mean score knowledge of mothers was (3.63), the mean score practice of mothers accounted (4.63), the respondent practice score ranged from (1-8). They had poor, intermediate, and good score knowledge about burns injury and burn infection 79.37%, 18.25%, and 2.38% respectively. In regard to mother's related practice, there were 66.67% within poor practice level, 30.95% of an intermediate level, and 2.38% had a good practice level. The study shows that mother knowledge and practice in Sulaimani city in relation to burn injury and infection among their children was at a low level and the local health authority should incorporate health education for parents, especially mothers in the prevention of pediatric burn at home involving hot liquid and flames also other domestic hazardous as well as the important activities after burn or pre-hospital admission.

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“…Ink [4], soy sauce, vegetable oils [5], toothpaste [6,7], honey [6], eggs [8,13], butter [8], and saliva [10] are currently used in first aid for burns patients. The lack of any scientific basis for these treatments is not surprising.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%