Balseven-Odabaşi Aysun, Tümer Ali Riza, Keten Alper, Yorganci Kaya
Department of Forensic Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk J Pediatr. 2009 Jul-Aug;51(4):328-35.
We investigated characteristics of burns in children aged up to seven years and hospitalized at our Burn Unit between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2007 in order to detect risk factors and prepare a program for prevention of burn injuries in children. There were 119 boys and 81 girls (ratio 1:0.67) and the mean total body surface area burned was 16.6 +/- 12.5%. Sixty-nine percent (n = 138) of the burn-injured children were under three years old. Scalds accounted for more than 60% of the pediatric burns occurring in all age groups. The anterior trunk was the most frequently affected body part (51.5%). The overall mortality rate was 4% (8 deaths). The children included in this study were younger than seven years and they were supposed to be under the care of their parents. Parental neglect might have played a role in burn injuries in these children. In developing countries like Turkey, parents should be offered education about prevention of burn injuries in childhood.
我们调查了2000年1月1日至2007年12月31日期间在我们烧伤科住院的7岁及以下儿童的烧伤特征，以便发现危险因素并制定儿童烧伤预防计划。共有119名男孩和81名女孩（比例为1:0.67），平均烧伤总面积为16.6 +/- 12.5%。69%（n = 138）的烧伤儿童年龄在3岁以下。烫伤占所有年龄组儿童烧伤的60%以上。前躯干是最常受影响的身体部位（51.5%）。总死亡率为4%（8例死亡）。本研究纳入的儿童年龄小于7岁，他们应该在父母的照料之下。父母的疏忽可能在这些儿童的烧伤中起到了一定作用。在土耳其这样的发展中国家，应该为父母提供有关儿童烧伤预防的教育。
