A review of deaths in a paediatric burns unit.
During a 5-year period, 1970 to 1974, a total of 2 118 new patients were admitted to the Burns Unit of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town. There were 35 deaths. The main complications and causes of death in these 35 patients are critically analysed and standard management methods are reviewed to highlight mistakes in the management of burns.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D002059:Burns, Inhalation / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006757:Hospital Units; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D013019:South Africa