title: Childhood burns.
abstract: Attending to pain relief, preventing shock and infection and obtaining early skin cover with thought to subsequent scar management are the main thrusts of this article. The author also emphasises the point that prevention through education needs to be more aggressive. A detailed approach to treatment is given.
authors.affiliation: Burns Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Davey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control