TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Foot burns: epidemiology and management
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Hemington-Gorse, S.
A1  - Pellard, S.
A1  - Wilson-Jones, N.
A1  - Potokar, T.
SP  - 1041
EP  - 1045
VL  - 33
IS  - 8
N2  - This is a retrospective study of the epidemiology and management of isolated foot burns presenting to the Welsh Centre for Burns from January 1998 to December 2002. A total of 289 were treated of which 233 were included in this study. Approximately 40% were in the paediatric age group and the gender distribution varied dramatically for adults and children. In the adult group the male:female ratio was 3.5:1, however in the paediatric group the male:female ratio was more equal (1.6:1). Scald burns (65%) formed the largest group in children and scald (35%) and chemical burns (32%) in adults. Foot burns have a complication rate of 18% and prolonged hospital stay. Complications include hypertrophic scarring, graft loss/delayed healing and wound infection. Although isolated foot burns represent a small body surface area, over half require treatment as in patients to allow for initial aggressive conservative management of elevation and regular wound cleansing to avoid complications. This study suggests a protocol for the initial acute management of foot burns. This protocol states immediate referral of all foot burns to a burn centre, admission of these burns for 24-48 h for elevation, regular wound cleansing with change of dressings and prophylactic antibiotics.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2006.11.014
ID  - ref1
ER  -