AN ANALYSIS OF 1704 BURN INJURIES IN HONG-KONG CHILDREN

被引：32

作者：

CHENG, JCY

LEUNG, KS

LAM, ZCL

LEUNG, PC

机构：

[1] Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

[2] Department of Applied Social Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic

来源：

BURNS | 1990年 / 16卷 / 03期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0305-4179(90)90035-U

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Over a 12-month period, 1704 children less than 15 years old with burn injuries seen in the accident and emergency departments of seven major regional hospitals in Hong Kong were analysed with respect to their epidemiological data. The age group with the highest risk for injury was 0-4 years (57 per cent) and with a maximum at 1-2 years of age. Boys showed a significantly higher incidence of burns than girls at any age. Ninety-three per cent of the accidents occurred at home and 92 per cent were scalds caused by hot water and other fluids. In the great majority of patients the total body area of burn did not exceed 5 per cent. Younger children had a higher incidence of burns involving the head, face and anterior trunk, 39 per cent of the 0-4 year age group required hospital admission. During the winter months, the children tended to suffer from deeper burns. © 1990.

引用

页码：182 / 184

页数：3

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