Open AccessTreatment of burns and their consequences in children
Author(s) -
S. P. Pakhomov,
E. S. Vereshchagina,
E. Ch. Ahsakhalyan,
E. N. Levanova
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj97063
Subject(s) - total body surface area , medicine , body surface area , muscle contracture , thermal burn , burn center , surgery , poison control , pediatrics , dermatology , emergency medicine
We summarized the experience of treatment in the Republican Burn Center from 1970 to 1986. 1847 children with fresh burns at the age of 7 days to 14 years and 368 children with scar contractures and deformities after burns. The overall lethality in thermal trauma in children was 4.9%; in patients with deep burns it was 9.2%, which was determined to a large extent by the severity of the condition of the victims. The proportion of children with deep skin lesions was rather high, 53.2% of all hospitalized patients, with 522 patients having areas of deep burns within 10% of body surface, 225 patients had areas from 11 to 20%, 132 had areas from 21 to 30%, 66 had areas from 31 to 40%, 38 had areas from 41 to 50%, 19 had areas from 51 to 60%, and 11 had areas over 60% of body surface.