Citation

Ying SY, Ho WS. Burns 2001; 27(1): 39-41.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11164663

Abstract

We report our experience with 50 patients who were burned as a result of playing with fire over the period of January 1993 to December 1999. There were 43 males and 7 females with a male to female ratio of 6.1:1. The average age was 12.3+/-10.3 year with 39 (78%) patients under the age of 15. The mean extent of burn was 6.4+/-10.7% total body surface area (TBSA) and 2 children had extensive burns >30%. The burns predominantly involved the head and neck region, upper limb, hand and lower limb. There was no mortality in our series. Wax and fireworks were recognized as the two major burn causing agents in these 50 patients. Risk factors associated with these injuries as well as preventive measures were also presented.

Language: en