title: Milk bottle burns.
abstract: In recent years numerous infants have been treated at Stoke Mandeville Hospital's Burns' Unit for scalds sustained in accidents that occurred during the preparation of warm milk. These were significant burns affecting young children with susceptibly thin skin that often resulted in the injured child requiring a long stay in hospital. Frequently, formal intravenous fluid resuscitation was required as was burn excision and skin grafting. We recommend the use of milk bottle warmer to avoid all the hazards associated with use of different techniques of warming milk bottle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK.
authors.forename: Syed N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tyler
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology