PAEDIATRIC SCALD BURNS - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY

KHUBCHANDANI NAVEEN; KHURRAM FAHUD; IMRAN AHMAD; AGRAWAL LALIT

Volume : X, Issue : VII, July - 2020

PAEDIATRIC SCALD BURNS - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY

Khubchandani Naveen, Khurram Fahud, Imran Ahmad, Agrawal Lalit

Abstract :

Burns and burn–related trauma remain the most common form of injury in children. Pediatric burns occur commonly in developing countries, with incidence many times higher in low– and moderate–income group compared to high–income group [1,2]. Scalds consistently account for the majority of burns in childhood, typically representing approximately two thirds of burn injuries [3]. The predominance of this mechanism of burn injury in childhood has naturally helped to direct focus on prevention, first aid campaigns and wound management. The aim of this study was to provide recent prospective epidemiological data on pediatric burns, focusing important etiologies such as scald burns and suggesting preventive strategies. A prospective, single–center study of all paediatric burns presentations to the casuality and OPD of a regional burns centre in Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical hospital, Aligarh was conducted