A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns

Objective: To ascertain the increase in paediatric burn admissions in our tertiary care facility. Find various causes of this trend and assess the morbidity and mortality in paediatric population, and suggest remedies. Study Design: This is a “descriptive case series study” Place of Study: Thi...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Rizwan Aslam, Taokeer Ahmed Rizvi, Muhammad Tariq Munawar, Asad Maqbool, Shahid Naqvi
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	pediatric burns prevention first aid mortality severity of burns survival Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v70i6.4308 https://doaj.org/article/25d0fe15ba844b7caac2562bdb1dc662
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:25d0fe15ba844b7caac2562bdb1dc6622021-12-02T14:57:32ZA GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burnshttps://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v70i6.43080030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/25d0fe15ba844b7caac2562bdb1dc6622020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/4308https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To ascertain the increase in paediatric burn admissions in our tertiary care facility. Find various causes of this trend and assess the morbidity and mortality in paediatric population, and suggest remedies. Study Design: This is a “descriptive case series study” Place of Study: This Study was conducted during September 2017 to August 2019 at Department of Burns & Plastic surgery. Materials and Methods: Total number of acute burn admissions under 12 years were recorded. Subdivided this group into 0 to 2 years and 2 to 12 years. We assessed epidemiology, sex, cause of burn, mode of admission, location of incident, type of first aid given, mortality, and compared results during two equal halves of this period. We used SPSS 20 for data analysis. Results: 504 (49.85%) were pediatric acute burn admissions. Their age ranged from 25 days to 12 years (mean 5 ±1.2 years). 152 were infants/toddlers aged 0-2 years. 270 male and 234 females. 316 were direct admissions. There were 72.43% more pediatric burn admissions. 381 were scalds, 91 flame burns, 21 electric burns and 11 chemical burns. There was 11.94% improved survival among burn patients. Two temporal peaks, largest in summer from May to Jul and second in Dec to Feb. Conclusion: There is an increasing trend in acute pediatric burn admissions. Majority of victims did not receive proper first aid. We need to start a very aggressive campaign on print and electronic media for public education. Muhammad Rizwan AslamTaokeer Ahmed RizviMuhammad Tariq MunawarAsad MaqboolShahid NaqviArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlepediatric burnspreventionfirst aidmortalityseverity of burnssurvivalMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 6, Pp 1622-1628 (2020)
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spellingShingle	pediatric burns prevention first aid mortality severity of burns survival Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Muhammad Rizwan Aslam Taokeer Ahmed Rizvi Muhammad Tariq Munawar Asad Maqbool Shahid Naqvi A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns
description	Objective: To ascertain the increase in paediatric burn admissions in our tertiary care facility. Find various causes of this trend and assess the morbidity and mortality in paediatric population, and suggest remedies. Study Design: This is a “descriptive case series study” Place of Study: This Study was conducted during September 2017 to August 2019 at Department of Burns & Plastic surgery. Materials and Methods: Total number of acute burn admissions under 12 years were recorded. Subdivided this group into 0 to 2 years and 2 to 12 years. We assessed epidemiology, sex, cause of burn, mode of admission, location of incident, type of first aid given, mortality, and compared results during two equal halves of this period. We used SPSS 20 for data analysis. Results: 504 (49.85%) were pediatric acute burn admissions. Their age ranged from 25 days to 12 years (mean 5 ±1.2 years). 152 were infants/toddlers aged 0-2 years. 270 male and 234 females. 316 were direct admissions. There were 72.43% more pediatric burn admissions. 381 were scalds, 91 flame burns, 21 electric burns and 11 chemical burns. There was 11.94% improved survival among burn patients. Two temporal peaks, largest in summer from May to Jul and second in Dec to Feb. Conclusion: There is an increasing trend in acute pediatric burn admissions. Majority of victims did not receive proper first aid. We need to start a very aggressive campaign on print and electronic media for public education.
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author	Muhammad Rizwan Aslam Taokeer Ahmed Rizvi Muhammad Tariq Munawar Asad Maqbool Shahid Naqvi
author_facet	Muhammad Rizwan Aslam Taokeer Ahmed Rizvi Muhammad Tariq Munawar Asad Maqbool Shahid Naqvi
author_sort	Muhammad Rizwan Aslam
title	A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns
title_short	A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns
title_full	A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns
title_fullStr	A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns
title_full_unstemmed	A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns
title_sort	ghastly rising rate of preventable pediatric burns: we need to act pediatric burns
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
url	https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v70i6.4308 https://doaj.org/article/25d0fe15ba844b7caac2562bdb1dc662
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A GHASTLY RISING RATE OF PREVENTABLE PEDIATRIC BURNS: WE NEED TO ACT Pediatric Burns

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