title: Childhood burns at the Paediatric Institute Kuala Lumpur.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala, Lumpur.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rauf
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Johari
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yusof
mesh_terms: 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