Gole Hobia, Kimble Roy, Stockton Kellie
Pegg Leditschke Paediatric Burns Centre, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Pegg Leditschke Paediatric Burns Centre, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, University of Queensland, Australia.
Burns. 2017 May;43(3):638-641. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.09.029. Epub 2016 Dec 28.
To evaluate the current characteristics of bathroom scald injuries in Queensland Children.
Data was collected from patients who presented with a bathroom scald injury to the Stuart Pegg Paediatric Burns Centre at the Royal Children's Hospital and Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane from January 2013 to December 2014.
Bathroom scald burns represented 2.6% of total burns cases with an inpatient rate of 39%. The family home is the location of injury in 84% of cases and in 79% the patient was aged 2 years of age or younger. Total body surface area ranged from 0.5% to 20% with a median of 1.75% (IQR 0.63, 3.38%). In our study 8% of patients underwent grafting and 24% received follow up for scar management. Injuries occurred in rental properties in 47% of tempering valve survey respondents. The rate of installation of tempering valves was 23%.
Bathroom scald burns continue to be over-represented in inpatient data. Tempering valves were not consistently installed after injury, this intervention would require further legislation to be an effective prevention strategy.
This study provides important insights into paediatric bathroom scald injuries and will assist with the development of prevention strategies.
评估昆士兰儿童浴室烫伤的当前特征。
收集2013年1月至2014年12月期间在布里斯班皇家儿童医院和西伦托夫人儿童医院斯图尔特·佩格儿科烧伤中心因浴室烫伤就诊的患者数据。
浴室烫伤占烧伤总病例的2.6%，住院率为39%。84%的病例受伤地点是家庭住所，79%的患者年龄在2岁及以下。烧伤总面积为0.5%至20%，中位数为1.75%（四分位间距0.63，3.38%）。在我们的研究中，8%的患者接受了植皮手术，24%的患者接受了瘢痕管理随访。在47%的回火阀调查受访者中，受伤发生在出租房内。回火阀的安装率为23%。
浴室烫伤在住院数据中所占比例仍然过高。受伤后回火阀安装情况不一致，这种干预措施需要进一步立法才能成为有效的预防策略。
本研究为儿童浴室烫伤提供了重要见解，并将有助于制定预防策略。
