El-Badawy A, Mabrouk A R
Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Golf Zone, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.
Burns. 1998 Dec;24(8):728-32. doi: 10.1016/s0305-4179(98)00097-7.
Childhood burns in Egypt are a significant problem, especially in families of low socioeconomic status. These families live in overcrowded flats, which lack proper hygiene and tend to use kerosene stoves, which lack any safety measures. Three hundred and five burned children presented to the burn unit of Ain Shams University over a 20 month period. Proportionately more boys than girls were injured. There was an increase in the incidence between the ages of 4 to 6 years. Scalds formed 56.7% of the cause of burns, while 38.6% were due to flame. In 3 and 1.6% the cause of burn was electrical and chemical, respectively. 20 patients were victims of industrial accidents showing a major problem of entrance of children between 8-15 years of lower socioeconomic class into the labor force. 87.2% of the patients had minor burns while 13 children (4.3%) died of the consequences of burns during the period of the study.
在埃及，儿童烧伤是一个严重问题，在社会经济地位低下的家庭中尤为突出。这些家庭居住在过度拥挤的公寓里，缺乏适当的卫生条件，且往往使用没有任何安全措施的煤油炉。在20个月的时间里，有305名烧伤儿童被送到艾因夏姆斯大学烧伤科。受伤男孩的比例比女孩高。4至6岁年龄段的发病率有所上升。烫伤占烧伤原因的56.7%，而火焰烧伤占38.6%。烧伤原因分别为电烧伤和化学烧伤的占3%和1.6%。20名患者是工业事故的受害者，这表明社会经济地位较低阶层的8至15岁儿童进入劳动力市场存在重大问题。87.2%的患者为轻度烧伤，在研究期间有13名儿童（4.3%）死于烧伤并发症。
