A prospective observational study investigating all children presenting to a specialty paediatric burns centre

Highlights • Outpatient paediatric burns are under reported. • Scalds are the most common mechanism of burn injury in paediatrics in Queensland. • Flame burns are over represented and contact burns under represented in paediatric inpatients.

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Published in:Burns 2015-05, Vol.41 (3), p.476-483
Main Authors: Stockton, K.A, Harvey, J, Kimble, R.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Distribution
Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data
Burn injury
Burn Units
Burns - epidemiology
Burns - etiology
Burns - therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Critical Care
Female
Hand Injuries - epidemiology
Hand Injuries - etiology
Hand Injuries - therapy
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Outpatient
Paediatric
Prospective Studies
Queensland - epidemiology
Sex Distribution
Skin Transplantation
Time Factors
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Summary:Highlights • Outpatient paediatric burns are under reported. • Scalds are the most common mechanism of burn injury in paediatrics in Queensland. • Flame burns are over represented and contact burns under represented in paediatric inpatients.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2014.09.018