Epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized children with burn in Ningbo / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized children with burn in Ningbo from 2013 to 2018,and to provide evidence for developing intervention strategies. @*Methods@#The pediatric burn cases,discharged from the Ningbo Women & Children's Hospital from 2013 to 2018,were registered using the Ningbo Hospitalized Injury Monitoring Report Card,and their distributions of time,places,groups,involved body parts and prognosis were analyzed. @*Results@#There were 3 862 pediatric burn inpatients included in this study,with 2 977（77.08%）cases aged 1-3 years and 2 532（65.65%）nonlocal cases. About 898（23.25%）cases occurred during 900-1200 a.m. and 1 833（47.46%）cases occurred during 1700- 2100 p.m. Burns predominantly occurred at home,with 3 810（98.65%）cases. The top three body regions involved were multiple regions,lower limbs and upper limbs with 1 820（47.13%）,835（21.62%）and 541 cases（14.01%）. The proportions of involving multiple regions declined with age（Psingle<0.05）. The proportion of involving multiple regions in nonlocal children was higher than that of local children（P<0.05）. @*Conclusion@#Burn is one of the leading causes of child injury-related hospitalization in Ningbo. Home is the main burn scene. Nonlocal and 1-3 year-old children were especially at high risk of burns.