标题：Evaluation of the frequency of childhood hospitalization due to thermal injuries in the Provincial Polyclinical Hospital in Toruń, Poland, 2007–2011
期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2018
卷号：25
期号：1
页码：26-30
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1233563
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Burns constitute the most common and severe injuries suffered in childhood.Objective. The study was aimed at providing a retrospective analysis of the etiology, location, extent and depth of burns,as well as treatment methods and length of hospital stay.Materials and method. A retrospective analysis of 508 cases of children treated due to a thermal injury between 1 January2007 31 December 2011 was conducted at the Department of Paediatrics, Urology and Paediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital,L. Rydygier Provincial Hospital in Toruń, Poland.Results. The sample group included more boys (58.9%) than girls (41.1%). The most numerous group comprised childrenaged 1–2 years (44.5%). Burns were largely suffered at home (91.9%). Injuries were largely caused by thermal burns (99.2%).Half of the children sustained injury to one body area (51.4%), while every third sufferer (37.9%) was affected by burns tobody parts prone to trigger shock. Burns up to 5% of the Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) were suffered by half (51.2%) ofthe children. Most of the patients underwent conservative treatment (89.4%).Conclusions. Burns were mostly suffered by children at 1–2 years of age, with boys prevailing over girls. Injuries were largelysuffered at the child’s family home, in the afternoon or evening, while the child was in the care of the parents. Scalds, causedby hot liquid, constituted the most frequent type of injury. The most numerous group of affected children comprised burnsto limb areas, and thorax with limbs, with the TBSA of up to 5%. The great majority of the patients underwent conservativetreatment, with a hospitalization period of up to 3 days.
