title: Lethal burn trauma in children.
abstract: The aims of this retrospective study covering the years 1984-1998 were: 1. to survey burn injuries in children at the present time and 2. to compare the current results with the conclusions of an analogous study performed in the years 1964-1983. A decline in the occurrence of lethal burn wounds was found, as well as in burn shock as a direct cause of death. Children 1-4 years old continue to be the most frequent victims of fatal accidents. The most common cause of burn injury in this group remains scalding in the household.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, 2nd Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chadová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bouska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toupalík
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018153:Czech Republic; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence