Citation

Yanofsky NN, Morain WD. Pediatrics 1984; 73(5): 722-726.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, American Academy of Pediatrics)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6718129

Abstract

Twenty-one woodstove-related burns of the hand and forearm in preschool-aged children were reviewed concerning nature and mechanism of injury, treatment, and clinical course. Two distinct patterns of injury were seen: with infants less than 14 months of age, burns occurred almost exclusively when the child touched the stove intentionally, unable to distinguish it from another piece of furniture; in older children burns were always "accidental." Most burns epithelialized spontaneously with surgical intervention and without functional disability. Protective devices are available and could prevent childhood burns from woodstoves.

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