Citation

Lee A, Wang Y, Nadarajah C, Lipner SR. Indian J. Dermatol. 2023; 68(6): 693-695.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/ijd.ijd_725_22

PMID

38371554

PMCID

PMC10869017

Abstract

Burn epidemiology and complications have been well studied,[1,2] but data on double-covered skin burns, including the pubic region, buttocks, and breasts, is limited. Our objectives were to analyse the epidemiology and burn mechanism/sources of double-covered skin.

The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database was retrospectively searched using keywords 'pubic', 'buttock', and 'breast', 1/1/2000-12/31/2018, with date, age, sex, race, disposition, location, and source collected. Chi-square tests compared admission rates and burn sources of each skin area (P < 0.05).

There was a total of 455 double-covered burns: 381 pubic (83.73%), 61 buttock (13.41%), and 13 breast (2.86%) areas, with 50.99% children, 68.13% males, 39.56% Whites, and 23.74% Blacks [Table 1]. Injuries most commonly occurred at home (67.03%), with particularly high admission rates for pubic burns (16.80%, P < 0.05), compared to the buttock (6.56%) and breast (0.00%). Overall, scald was the most common burn source (63.30%), especially boiling water, followed by chemicals (16.48%), most frequently household cleaners

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