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Arch Med 2022; 22 (1)

Treatment of severely burned children: 6-year experience in Guayaquil-Ecuador

Delgado-Panchana M, Santamaría-Proaño C, Oliveros-Rivero J, Soria-Tipse A, Rivadeneira-Maldonado A, Velasco-Espinoza J, Acosta-Farina D

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 20-27
PDF size: 469.39 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: devere burns negatively affect all organ systems, especially in children. Objective: to collect and detail the evolution of pediatric patients with more than 30% of total burn body surface (BBS) Methods: descriptive, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional study, carried out in the burn unit of the Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde Children’s Hospital in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, between January 2014 and January 2020. Results: 46 pediatric patients with › 30% of BBS were included in the study, predominantly males, with 26 (57%) patients and 20 (43%) female patients, being the age range from 1 to 15 years, with more frequency in the age group of 1 to 5 years with a total of 26 (55.5%) patients. The most frequent mechanism of injury was direct flame, affecting 22 (47.83%) kids, 21 (45.65%) presented combined burns Between II-III degree. the BBS range was from 30% to 70%, with an average of 40.7%, the treatment performed was an average of 3,6 scarectomies per patient, dressings were placed on 42 (91%) of them, 40 (87%) required grafts, the average hospital stay was 43,6 days (range: 2-126 days). Complications occurred in 29 (63%), sepsis being the most frequent, in 8 (17%), and 5 (11%) patients died. Conclusion: 89% of the Pediatric patients seen in our burn unit with more than 30% of BBS were mostly treated with autograft or with a flap, obtaining good results and being discharged.


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