2015, Number 01
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MediSan 2015; 19 (01)
Accidental burns in children transferred from primary care level
Rizo GRR, Franco MMC, Olivares LEM, Gonzáles SO, Sánchez SZC
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 49-55
PDF size: 41.90 Kb.
ABSTRACT
A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 58 patients transferred from the primary
care level with burns, and admitted in the Caumatology Service of "Juan de la Cruz
Martínez Maceira" Children Northern Teaching Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, was
carried out from January, 2009 to December, 2010, with the objective of investigating
the most frequent factors causing these accidents. The male sex, and boiling liquids
prevailed in the series as the most frequent causal agent, besides the low perception of
risk, the bad living conditions and the rural origin as unfavorable social and economic
factors. The medical care was considered satisfactory since more than 50% of the
patients were admitted as severely and critically injured and only two of them died.
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