[Burns in children in Africa (experience of the burns department at the Lomé University Hospital Center)]. 1981

A Houangbevi

Treatment of burns patients in the Lomé Teaching Hospital Centre has been reviewed and adapted to local conditions. The present study concerned 108 burned children, treated over a two year period. Burns in children are frequent. Boys are affected more frequently: 66.6 p. 100. Accidents are, above all, domestic and occur during the cooking of meals, at an age of 3 to 4 years (66.4 p. 100). Only thermal burns are seen, boiling fluids being involved in 71.3 p. 100 of cases. Superficial burns are the most common: 63.9 p 100, and intermediate 21.3 p. 100. Treatment is based upon water and electrolyte replacement and exposure to air. Infectious complications are the most frequent. Mortality involves 6.4 p. 100 of cases. All of these children were more than 35 p. 100 burnt. The cause of death is often infection. Results show 72.5 p. 100 of cases of cure without sequelae, 18.2 p. 100 of anesthetic sequelae and 9.3 p 100 of functional sequelae. If it were needed, these sequelae emphasize the fact that prevention remains and will remain the best form of treatment of burns.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D002056 Burns Injuries to tissues caused by contact with heat, steam, chemicals (BURNS, CHEMICAL), electricity (BURNS, ELECTRIC), or the like. Burn
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004573 Electrolytes Substances that dissociate into two or more ions, to some extent, in water. Solutions of electrolytes thus conduct an electric current and can be decomposed by it (ELECTROLYSIS). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Electrolyte
D005260 Female Females
D005440 Fluid Therapy Therapy whose basic objective is to restore the volume and composition of the body fluids to normal with respect to WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE. Fluids may be administered intravenously, orally, by intermittent gavage, or by HYPODERMOCLYSIS. Oral Rehydration Therapy,Rehydration,Rehydration, Oral,Oral Rehydration,Rehydration Therapy, Oral,Therapy, Fluid,Therapy, Oral Rehydration,Fluid Therapies,Oral Rehydration Therapies,Oral Rehydrations,Rehydration Therapies, Oral,Rehydrations,Rehydrations, Oral,Therapies, Fluid,Therapies, Oral Rehydration
D006784 Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients. Hospital, Teaching,Teaching Hospital,Teaching Hospitals
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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