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Household oven doors: a burn hazard in children.
- Source :
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Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine [Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med] 2001 Jan; Vol. 155 (1), pp. 84-6. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Contact with hot oven doors is an important cause of burns in pediatric patients. These burns are of particular concern because of their frequent localization to the hands, with the resulting negative implications for financial cost, long-term cosmesis, and hand function. A 5-year review of pediatric oven door burn cases admitted to a burn referral center was conducted. Of the 14 cases identified, the median age was 12 months. The median total body surface area (TBSA) was 1.75% (range, 0.5%-4.5%). Twelve of 14 cases involved 1 or both hands. The median length of hospital stay was 10 days. In 7 cases, burns were sustained from contact to an external surface of the oven. Based on the results obtained, we propose several prevention strategies.
- Subjects :
- Accidents, Home prevention & control
Accidents, Home trends
Age Distribution
Body Surface Area
Burns classification
Burns epidemiology
Burns prevention & control
Child Welfare trends
Child, Preschool
Cost of Illness
Female
Hospitalization statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization trends
Humans
Infant
Length of Stay statistics & numerical data
Length of Stay trends
Male
New York epidemiology
Parents education
Population Surveillance
Referral and Consultation statistics & numerical data
Referral and Consultation trends
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Accidents, Home statistics & numerical data
Burns etiology
Child Welfare statistics & numerical data
Cooking instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1072-4710
- Volume :
- 155
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11177068
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.155.1.84