TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Bathroom scald burns in Queensland Children
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Gole, Hobia
A1  - Kimble, Roy
A1  - Stockton, Kellie
SP  - 638
EP  - 641
VL  - 43
IS  - 3
N2  - AIM: To evaluate the current characteristics of bathroom scald injuries in Queensland Children. <br><br>METHOD: Data was collected from patients who presented with a bathroom scald injury to the Stuart Pegg Paediatric Burns Centre at the Royal Children's Hospital and Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane from January 2013 to December 2014. <br><br>RESULTS: Bathroom scald burns represented 2.6% of total burns cases with an inpatient rate of 39%. The family home is the location of injury in 84% of cases and in 79% the patient was aged 2 years of age or younger. Total body surface area ranged from 0.5% to 20% with a median of 1.75% (IQR 0.63, 3.38%). In our study 8% of patients underwent grafting and 24% received follow up for scar management. Injuries occurred in rental properties in 47% of tempering valve survey respondents. The rate of installation of tempering valves was 23%. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Bathroom scald burns continue to be over-represented in inpatient data. Tempering valves were not consistently installed after injury, this intervention would require further legislation to be an effective prevention strategy. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study provides important insights into paediatric bathroom scald injuries and will assist with the development of prevention strategies.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2016.09.029
ID  - ref1
ER  -