Pediatric burns

Burns are different from adults due to their age characteristics and range of activities. Hot water burns are more common in daily life, and a few are caused by fire burns or other high temperature substances and chemicals. Pediatric burns mostly occur in early childhood and preschool age, especially children aged 1 to 4 years. The degree of pediatric burns is closely related to the temperature of the heat source and the time of contact, and also to the characteristics of the children's delicate skin and their inability to eliminate the cause of injury. Therefore, under the same conditions, the injury degree of pediatric burns is more serious than that of adults. In the same area of ​​burn, children are more prone to dehydration, acidosis and shock than adults. Children's body is weak in anti-infection ability, and the wounds are more likely to be contaminated. Therefore, the chance of local and systemic infections is also higher than that of adults, and prone to sepsis.

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