Open AccessFactors affecting adherence to treatment and follow-up of burns in children: A single centre experience
Author(s) -
Mustafa Talip Şener,
Osman Enver Aydın,
Yüksel Ançı,
Murat Kara,
Önder Tan,
Ahmet Nezih Kök
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.170838
Subject(s) - medicine , accidental , etiology , pediatric burn , burn injury , pediatrics , medical record , burn center , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , emergency medicine , surgery , psychiatry , physics , pathology , acoustics
Children are prone to burn injury. Burns can be seen as a part of child abuse. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting adherence to the treatment of burn patients, and to emphasize the role of the physician in identifying children's non-accidental burn injuries.