Swiss medical weekly
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Swiss medical weekly · Sep 2009
Targeting burn prevention in the paediatric population : a prospective study of children's burns in the Lausanne area.
Domestic accidents are an important problem in paediatric medicine. This study was designed to gain a better understanding of burn mechanisms and target prevention. ⋯ If we were to describe the highest "at risk" candidate for a burn in our region, it would be a boy aged 15 months to 5 years who is burned by a cup of hot liquid on his hand, at home, around mealtime, in the presence of one or both parents. Reduced attention in the safe domestic setting is probably responsible.