TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Hospitalized pediatric burns in North China: A 10-year epidemiologic review
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Zhu, Liqiang
A1  - Zhang, Yanqi
A1  - Liu, Ling
A1  - Jiang, Jingcheng
A1  - Liu, Yong
A1  - Shi, Fusheng
A1  - Yi, Dong
SP  - 1004
EP  - 1011
VL  - 39
IS  - 5
N2  - Retrospective surveys of all hospitalized pediatric burns under the age of 15 years were conducted in 18 hospitals from 5 provinces and municipal cities of North China between 2001 and 2010. A total of 17770 patients were included in this study. The epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized pediatric burns and influencing factors of length of hospital stay and hospitalization cost were analyzed. In this study, children accounted for 43.57% of all hospitalized burns, with a gradually increasing trend (P=0.003). Among children hospitalized burns, the percentage of children younger than three years was 69.9%, with an upward trend (P<0.001). The ratio of male to female was 1.53:1. Scald burns accounted for 89.79% and 71.54% had burns of <10% total body surface area, with increasing trends (P≤0.001). The medians of length of hospital stay and hospitalization cost were eight days and 2469RMB yuan respectively. The most important factors affecting length of hospital stay and hospitalization cost were burned surface area, surgery and treatment outcome. Children under three years of age, boys and children with a small area of mild scald burns should be made the focus of childhood burn prevention. Improving the medical insurance system for children is urgently needed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2012.12.014
ID  - ref1
ER  -