title: Epidemiology of pediatric burns in southwest China from 2011 to 2015.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burns are a major form of injury in children worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology, outcome, cost and risk factors of pediatric burns in southwest China.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study was performed at the Institute of Burn Research of the Third Military Medical University from 2011 to 2015. Data, including demographic, injury-related, and clinical data and patient outcome, were collected from medical records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 2478 children with burns (58.03% boys), accounting for 39.2% of total burn patients, were included. The average age of the burn patients was 2.86±2.86years, and most patients (85.55%) were under five years old. The incidence of burns peaked in January, February and May. Scald burns were the most frequent (79.06%), followed by flame burns (14.0%) and electrical burns (3.35%). Limbs were the most common burn sites (69.73%), and the average total body surface area (TBSA) was 11.57±11.61%. The percentage of children who underwent operations and the number of operations were significantly increased in cases of electrical burns, the older-age group, a larger TBSA and full-thickness burns. Six deaths were recorded, yielding a mortality of 0.24%. The median length of stay and cost were 14days and 9541 CNY, respectively, and the major risk factors for length of stay and cost were the TBSA, number of operations, full-thickness burns and outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In southwest China, among children under five years old, scald and flame burns should become the key prevention target, and future prevention strategies should be based on related risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Haisheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Jianglin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Junyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address: logxw@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Gaoxing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012151:Resuscitation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices
keywords: Cost; Epidemiology; Outcome; Pediatric burns; Risk factors