A one-year prospective ED cohort of pediatric burns: a proposal for standardizing scald burns.
During a 12-month period ending on 11/30/88, data were collected on 143 pediatric patients visiting a pediatric emergency department with burns. Sixty-four percent were males. Common causes of the burns included hot water (17%), hot food (23%), hot appliances (18%), and charcoal and grills (9%). Sixty-six percent of the burns took place at home. The hospitalization rate was 8%. A suggestion for standardizing scalds based on fluidity and function is proposed, since there is ambiguity regarding definition of a scald.
Yamamoto
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu.
Wiebe
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Matthews
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors