Publication: Pediatric major burns: a monocentric retrospective review of etiology and outcomes (2008-2020)
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2022-04-26
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Garcia-Diaz, Antonio
Gacto-Sanchez, Purificacion
Duran-Romero, Antonio Jose
Carrasco-Garcia, Salvador
Ruiz-Moya, Alejandro
Molina-Morales, Julia
Sanchez-Tatay, Maria-Victoria
Gomez-Cia, Tomas
Pereyra-Rodriguez, Jose Juan
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Background Burns are one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity among children. This study aims to assess the epidemiology of pediatric major burns in a third level hospital in Spain to evaluate demographics, etiology, and outcomes.Methods A retrospective study was held by the Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery department of the hospital. We included 147 patients under 18 admitted to hospital between January 2008 and December 2020 who meet the inclusion criteria: partial thickness burns > 10% total body surface area (TBSA) in patients 10% total body surface area (TBSA) in patients
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Pediatric major burns, Etiology, Mortality, Outcomes, Mortality, University, Children, Score