Paediatric burns with epilepsy or learning disabilities do not have increased risk of hospitalisation or increased length of hospital stay compared to the adult burns

Burns. 2016 Feb;42(1):233-234. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.09.008. Epub 2015 Oct 25.

Authors

Diaa Othman¹, Ahmed Hamam², Amitabh Thacoor², Vinay Itte², Alan Phipps², Mohammad Anwar²

Affiliations

¹ Yorkshire Regional Burns Centre, Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK. Electronic address: diaa.othman@doctors.org.uk.
² Yorkshire Regional Burns Centre, Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK.

PMID: 26433404
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.09.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Body Surface Area
Burn Units
Burns / epidemiology*
Burns / therapy
Child
Comorbidity
Epilepsy / epidemiology*
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Learning Disabilities / epidemiology*
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
United Kingdom / epidemiology