Paediatric burns caused by other children

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : JPRAS
Ali SoueidYvonne T Wilson

Abstract

Children with burns inflicted by other children represent a small proportion of referrals to our paediatric burns unit. The aim of this paper is to investigate any differences between them. Prospective observational audit. Children admitted between January 1998 and December 2003. Forty-seven patients were admitted to our paediatric burns unit with burns inflicted by other children, of which 38 were male. Scalds were the cause of 53% of all the injuries. Two distinct groups were identified; one group had their burns inflicted by other children accidentally (Group A) and another reported their burns as inflicted by other children intentionally (Group B). The majority had less than 10% total body surface area (TBSA) burns sustained at home. Thirteen patients (27.7%) were reported as deliberate (Group B). The majority in Group B were males (90.9%, P>0.0001) with a median age of 12 years (P>0.0001) who sustained flame burns (P>0.0001) outdoors with a greater %TBSA (mean 12.1% versus 3.8% for Group A) and higher percentage of full thickness burns (38.5% versus 20.6% of group A). More children from Group B had separated parents (53.9% versus 5.9%) and came from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds (69.2% versus 8.8%). All the cases that r...Continue Reading

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