title: [Burns in children: 10-year experience of the Pediatric Surgical Service of Tours (apropos of 850 cases)].
abstract: The records of 850 children hospitalized during a 10 years period (1965--1975) in the surgical pediatric unit shows: --A greater frequency of male over female children in all age groups of the study (64.4 p. 100). --A predominance of the 1--3 year age group over the other age group (46.3 p. 100). --A greater frequency of male over female children in all age groups of the scaldings were predominant (55.9. 100), flameburns (11.7 p. 100). Most burn accidents occurred at meal-time and during week-end and holidays. According to the burned area was as follows: 5 p. 100 = 214 cases; 5 a 10 p. 100 = 340 cases; 10 a 25 p. 100 = 142 cases; exceeding 15 p. 100 = 102 cases. 283 children had suffered some complications. Infection was most prevalent. The frequency of gastro-intestinal was lessened by continuous feeding and systematic sulpiride prescription (12 gastro-intestinal hemorragie). Of the 26 fatalities (2.7 p. 100 of hospitalized children) infection was listed as the cause of death for 14 cases. For 10 of them no cause was definitevely elicited. All (26 children) were burned over 25 p. 100, 15 area exceeding 40 p. 100. Mean of hospitalisation times was 30.8 days (63.6 days for burns exceeding 25 p. 100 area). Result in 392 children followed up burns shows high disability: 11.2 p. 100 functional disabilities and 27.7 p. 100 esthetic disabilities which are being treated by plastic surgery.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000453:epidemiology; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D016038:Skin Transplantation
vernacular_title: Les brûlures de l'enfant: expérience du Service de Chirurgie Infantile de Tours depuis 10 ans (à propos de 850 cas).