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Affiliation
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Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child and Mother Health, Matuail, Dhaka 1362; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (drselim@gmail.com) |
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Abstract
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Burns are one of the most physically and psychologically devastating forms of injury in children. They are also one of the most common household injuries and thus an important cause of mortality and morbidity.
Globally, burns ranked among the 15 leading causes of death and burden of disease among children in 2002. The death from burn injuries in WHO’s South East Asian Regions accounts for more than half of the global burden of fire related burn.
In Bangladesh, burn injuries are the fifth leading cause of child injury and second commonest cause of permanent disability from injury in children. Each day, about 474 children experience significant burn.
Socio-economic, cultural and demographic factors play a significant role as a cause of burn injuries among children. Whenever a child in a family gets burnt, the whole family suffers. On the side, there is loss of working hours of the attending parents and the high cost of burn treatment; on the other side, there is burn-related physical stress and posttraumatic stress disorders in children.
To develop effective prevention programs, identifications of the epidemiological factors of childhood burn injury may provide useful guidance for implementation of preventive measures. Therefore, we conducted this study to investigate burn injuries in pediatric patients.
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