TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Pediatric burns in the Bedouin population in southern Israel
JO  - ScientificWorldJournal
A1  - Cohen, Arnon D.
A1  - Gurfinkel, R.
A1  - Glezinger, R.
A1  - Kriger, Y.
A1  - Yancolevich, N.
A1  - Rosenberg, L.
SP  - 1842
EP  - 1847
VL  - 7
IS  - 
N2  - Burn trauma is an important public health concern, with increased risk for burns in children. A cross-sectional study was performed to describe the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors for burns in hospitalized Bedouin children in Soroka University Medical Center during the years 2001-2002. In a population of 558 hospitalized burn-injured patients, 282 Bedouin children were identified. Two hundred and sixty five patients (94.0%) had burns involving less than 20% of the body surface area. Cause of the burns was scald in 190 patients (67.4%), fire in 80 patients (28.4%), chemical in 8 patients (2.8%), and explosion in 2 patients (0.7%). Two female patients (0.7%) aged 11 and 17 years died of their burns that were caused by fire. The mean length of hospitalization was 9.8 days. Pediatric burn injury has become a significant public health problem in the Bedouin population of the Negev. To reduce the burden of burn injury, it is necessary to increase current efforts in prevention of burns.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2356-6140
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.239
ID  - ref1
ER  -