@article{ref1,
title="Assessing guidelines for burn referrals in a resource-constrained setting: demographic and clinical factors associated with inter-facility transfer",
journal="Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries",
year="2017",
author="Klingberg, Anders and Wallis, L. and Rode, H. and Stenberg, T. and Laflamme, Lucie and Hasselberg, M.",
volume="43",
number="5",
pages="1070-1077",
abstract="AIM: The aim was to assess demographic and clinical factors associated with inter-facility referrals for patients with burns in a resource-constrained setting. <br><br>METHODS: This was a cross-sectional case review of patients presenting with a burn at the trauma unit at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RXH) in Cape Town, South Africa. <br><br>RESULTS: Six hundred and eleven-(71%) children were referred to the burns or the intensive care unit and 253 children were treated and discharged from the trauma unit. Of those admitted as inpatients 94% fulfilled at least one of the criteria for referral and 80% of those treated and discharged fulfilled the criteria for referral. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Almost three out of four children evaluated at the trauma unit were referred to the burns unit for further management. However, a large number of patients were treated and discharged from the trauma unit despite being eligible for referral.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-4179",
doi="10.1016/j.burns.2017.01.035",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2017.01.035"
}