@article{ref1,
title="The domestic iron. a danger to young children",
journal="Journal of accident and emergency medicine",
year="2000",
author="Gaffney, Paul",
volume="17",
number="3",
pages="199-200",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To study the epidemiology of thermal injury caused by the domestic iron in children 5 years old or less. METHODS: Retrospective review of case notes held in the accident and emergency (A&E) department of a large teaching hospital over a 36 month period. Data regarding demographics, site and extent of injury, mechanism of injury and outcome were retrieved. RESULTS: 62 thermal injuries were identified in 59 patients. Of these, 60 were contact burns and two were scalds. The male to female ratio was 2:1. The mean age was 24 months. Fifty five per cent were aged between 1 and 2 years old. The hand was the commonest site of injury (63%) and, of these, two thirds were on the palm. Interestingly 10% occurred on the face. Iron contact burns accounted for 23.5% of all contact burns in this age group over this period. The majority of contact burns were partial thickness and most were less than 1% body surface area. Inadequate supervision is a recurring theme in many of these cases. A suspicion of non-accidental injury was raised in 10 cases and confirmed in nine of these. CONCLUSIONs: Iron burns are common in young children, particularly boys aged between 1 and 2 years old. Most can be treated in the A&E clinic. The potential for serious injury does exist. Non-accidental injury always needs to be considered. Efforts at prevention and increasing public awareness are needed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1351-0622",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}