title: Pediatric burns in military hospitals of China from 2001 to 2007: a retrospective study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Childhood burns are a global health problem. To date, no epidemiological study with a large sample size of hospitalized pediatric burn patients from the Chinese mainland has been conducted. This study retrospectively analyzed pediatric burn cases to identify the characteristics of pediatric burns and their risk factors in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data for pediatric burn inpatients younger than 14 years were retrieved from the Chinese Trauma Databank (CTDB). The epidemiological characteristics of pediatric burns and risk factors for mortality were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 61,068 cases were included in the study. Children under 3 years old were at the highest risk of injury. Scalds were the commonest burns (87.59%). Flame burns occurred more in winter, and electrical burns occurred mainly in July and August. Age, etiology, depth of injury, total body surface area (TBSA), site of injury, and outcome were correlated with length of hospital stay. Risk factors for pediatric burn mortality included being male, having third degree burns, ≥30% TBSA, and having multi-site burns.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results showed the epidemiological characteristics of pediatric burns in China, which differ from those reported for other countries and regions. These characteristics can be used to develop measures to prevent pediatric burns.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department of Navy Office Outpatient Department, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute for Traffic Medicine, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute for Traffic Medicine, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: traumazjh@126.com.
authors.forename: Ji-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute for Traffic Medicine, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute for Traffic Medicine, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Dan-Feng
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute for Traffic Medicine, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute for Traffic Medicine, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002053:Burn Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution
keywords: Epidemiology; Military hospital; Pediatric burn; Retrospective study