[Mortality by burns in children (author's transl)]. 1978

A Franco, and F Ambel, and A Fernández-Mota, and M A Gimeno, and J Alonso

The mortality rate among 1,490 children, aged zero to fourteen years, hospitalized in the Burns Unit of Departament of Plastic Surgery in Ciudad Sanitaria de la Seguridad Social de Sevilla is studied. Analysis determined death probabilities for each case according to percentage of burned surface and age, and also LD50 in different age groups. The mortality analysis showed lethal factors related with primary care and evacuation, responsible for a decrease in survival probabilities of the children. Children with severe burns must be hospitalized in special units, which must have a high level of training in hydroelectrolitics disturbances and surgical management of this type of patients, who require homo or xenografts frequently.

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
D005260 Female Females
D005554 Forensic Medicine The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. Legal Medicine,Medicine, Forensic,Medicine, Legal
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D013030 Spain Country located between France on the northeast and Portugal on the west and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital is Madrid. Balearic Islands,Canary Islands

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