Childhood burns at the Paediatric Institute Kuala Lumpur.
A prospective study of 94 burned children was carried out from January 1993 to October 1994. Scalding was the predominant cause of injury affecting mainly toddlers between 1 and 3 years old. Ninety-six per cent of the injuries occurred at home. There was 1 death following an 81% flame burns. An intense campaign to make parents aware of the hazards is required as almost all the injuries were preventable.
Ibrahim
S B
SB
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala, Lumpur.
Omar
M B
MB
Gan
E C
EC
Rauf
A
A
Johari
N B
NB
Yusof
H B
HB
D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology