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A Retrospective Observational Study Of Paediatric Burn Cases Elaborating Types Of Burns, Percent Of Tbsa Involved & Its Relation To Parental Literacy And Employment Status-An Original Research

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Dr. Mohamed Nagy Mahmoud Abou Youssef, 2Dr. Manthina Tirupathy Venkateswarlu, 3Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamed Badran

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Aim: The purpose of the present study was to assess paediatric burn cases based on variables like- Total body surface area (TSBA) involved, parents literacy rates as well their employment status. Methodology: A Retrospective study was conducted in Osmania general Hospital, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India,over a period of 24 months from January 2011 to January 2013.Paediatric burns comprise 12.99% of the total burns. All male, female inPatients belonging to paediatric age group (0-15years), admitted in Burns Unit of our Hospital were included in the study. Maintenance fluids were given at hourly rate of 4ml/kg for first 10kg body weight+ 2ml/kg for second 10kg body weight+ 1ml/kg for >20kg body wt. Collagen was applied to all children with superficial burns and partial thickness burns that come before 24- 48hr from the time of incident.

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