Jamal Y S, Ardawi M S, Ashy A R, Shaik S A
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Burns. 1990 Feb;16(1):36-40. doi: 10.1016/0305-4179(90)90203-9.
A prospective study was conducted on paediatric thermal injury patients admitted to the Burns Unit at King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia over a 2-year period (December 1985 to December 1987). A total of 197 patients (out of 319) were paediatric, aged up to 18 years. Infants and toddlers accounted for 59.4 per cent and adolescents for 14.2 per cent. Scalding and flame injuries accounted for 98 per cent with most injuries occurring at home (97.5 per cent) and the overall paediatric mortality rate was 4.4 per cent.
对沙特阿拉伯吉达法赫德国王医院烧伤科收治的小儿热损伤患者进行了一项为期两年(1985年12月至1987年12月)的前瞻性研究。在319名患者中,共有197名是18岁及以下的儿童。婴幼儿占59.4%,青少年占14.2%。烫伤和火焰伤占98%,大多数损伤发生在家中(97.5%),小儿总死亡率为4.4%。