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. 2020 Mar;20(3):103-110.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.12.002. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Update on the management of burns in paediatrics

A Suman¹, J Owen¹

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PMID: 33456937
PMCID: PMC7807991
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.12.002

Review

Update on the management of burns in paediatrics

A Suman et al. BJA Educ. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;20(3):103-110.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.12.002. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Authors

A Suman¹, J Owen¹

Affiliation

¹ Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 33456937
PMCID: PMC7807991
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.12.002

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig 1 — Fig. 1
Burn depth and extent of dermal injury.

Fig. 2 — Fig. 2
Lund and Browder chart.

Fig. 3 — Fig. 3
Rule of nines' for adults and children.

Fig. 4 — Fig. 4
Example of the Mersey Burns App.

Fig. 5 — Fig. 5
This is the arm of a 15 year old shortly following a full thickness scald injury to 50% of their body (Fig 5a), and then three months after (Fig 5b). Further rehabilitation since this time has meant that the child is now back at school and doing well (written permission given from both child and parent).

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