A burn injury is a traumatic event for a child and his family. With any severe burn injury it is
important for staff to understand not only the stresses resulting from the injury, but also those …

Burns are among the most serious of injuries occurring in the pediatric population, often
resulting in significant short-and long-term disability. Fire and/or burn injuries are the second …

Pediatric burn injuries result in significant mortality and morbidity. Studies in which the
psychosocial effects of burn injuries were investigated have produced mixed results but …

Burn injuries in childhood can be traumatic with lasting effects until adulthood. This article
reviews the various psychological issues one confronts when treating paediatric patients …

Thermal burns are an important cause of accidental death in childhood. In addition, many
children who survive the trauma of a serious burn are permanently disfigured, with profound …

Care of the pediatric burn patient requires knowledge of physiologic differences between
adults and children for estimation of burn size, calculation of fluid needs, and assessment of …

The burned child requires an overall care that recognises the child not as a small adult, but
as a person in his own right with special physiological and psychological needs. Proper …

The following domestic situation with minor variations is, unfortunately, only too common. It
is late afternoon in the kitchen of a small terraced house. Mother is busy; the teapot steams …

Fifty-one children with an average age of 27 months and who had sustained a burn injury
were tested at 1, 6, and 12 months postinjury to determine their physical, functional, and …

Burns are second only to vehicular trauma in the category of accidental killers. Current
principles of initial burn therapy are discussed in addition to the pathophysiologic changes …