Pediatric frostbite: A 10-year single-center retrospective study

Pediatric frostbite: A 10-year single-center retrospective study

•Children are at risk for frostbite benefiting from surgical management including amputation.•Lack of supervision and intoxication were major risk factors for frostbite in children.•Informing youth and parents on risks of frostbite is warranted. To describe frostbite (freezing cold injured tissue) i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Burns 2018-11, Vol.44 (7), p.1844-1850
Hauptverfasser: Boles, Ramy, Gawaziuk, Justin P., Cristall, Nora, Logsetty, Sarvesh
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Alcoholic Intoxication - epidemiology
Ambulatory Care
Amputation
Canada - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cigarette Smoking - epidemiology
Conservative Treatment
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Family Characteristics
Female
Frostbite
Frostbite - epidemiology
Frostbite - therapy
Hospitalization
Humans
Hypothermia
Infant
Injury
Male
Marijuana Use - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Skin Transplantation
Suicidal Ideation
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Time Factors
Underage Drinking - statistics & numerical data
Weather
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Zusammenfassung:•Children are at risk for frostbite benefiting from surgical management including amputation.•Lack of supervision and intoxication were major risk factors for frostbite in children.•Informing youth and parents on risks of frostbite is warranted. To describe frostbite (freezing cold injured tissue) in children and intrinsic (psychological and behavioral) and extrinsic (meteorological and safety hazard) factors related to the injury. Retrospective chart review of children
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2018.04.002