TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Pediatric burns--2 year survey of cases admitted to the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
JO  - Changgeng Yi Xue Za Zhi
A1  - Chen, T. H.
A1  - Yang, J. Y.
A1  - Tsai, Y. C.
A1  - Noordhoff, M. S.
SP  - 45
EP  - 50
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
N2  - A total of 722 patients were admitted to the Burn Unit of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital over a 2-year period, of these 285 (39.5%) were under 15 years of age. The major cause of pediatric burns was scalding, 236 (82.8%). Most of the patients under age of 15 years had total burn surface under 20% (199 patients, 70%), and were discharged from the hospital within one month (263 patients, 91%). Treatments included debridement done in 98 patients (41.5%) and skin grafting in 81 patients (28%). Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infections were the most common complication (5.3%). The mortality rate was 5.3%.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -