Abstract

Objective: Burns are one of the most important cause of deaths in childhood age. The aim of this study; is to be additive to limited number of epidemiological data about child burns in our country, to put on basic parameters effecting mortality and the precautions.

Methods: 509 cases of child burns treated by hospitalisation in between January 1998 and April 2001 are evaluated retrospectively. Patients age, sex, month of burn and year of burn, time of hospitalisation, cause of burn, causative agents of burn, burn area, culture results and the procedures interacted are inspected and with these data the relation with mortality is analysed.

Results: 509 cases treated by hospitalisation between the ages 0-16 years; male /female ratio was 1.68, and average burn area was found % 23.41 + 18.51 sd . Causative agents were noted as hot liquids in 365 cases (% 70.2), flame in 101 cases (% 19.9) and electricity in 47 cases (% 8.8). Average mortality rate was clarified as % 21.4. Statistically higher mortalities were noted in cases with burn areas greater than % 30 and in flame burns.

Conclusion: Especially flame and electricity burns are encountured in high rates at our country. High mortality in course of flame burns and electricity burns leading to organ deficiencies necessiates the enlightment of the community by media and planning of modern burn units gets important

Keywords: child burns, mortality

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Şenel E, Polat AD, Yastı AÇ, Karacan CD. IN CHILD BURNS, BASIC PARAMETERS THAT EFFECT MORTALITY AND THE PRECAUTIONS. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2007 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 May 25];1(2):18-25. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/13