Nonfatal hospital-treated pediatric and adolescent burn cases in the United States: A 2019–2022 National Electronic Injury Surveillance System analysis

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Burns Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2025.107455

Rebecca K. Hoffman , Bruce A. Lawrence , Bina Ali , Jennifer Leonardo , Ted R. Miller

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Abstract

Burn injuries experienced by infants, children, and adolescents are prevalent and costly—psychologically, physically, and economically. Previous studies have acknowledged the dangers of pediatric burns; however, the literature was missing a thorough portrayal of the contemporary pediatric and adolescent burns landscape in the United States. The current study used 2019–2022 National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) data to describe nonfatal pediatric and adolescent burn cases, including prevalence, burn type, body parts affected, product involvement, and differences by age and sex. We identified 300,541 burn survivors among children 0–19 in the 2019–2022 NEISS data. Burn injuries were most experienced by children under 5, especially among 1- and 2-year-olds. More boys than girls were burn victims, with the sex difference most noticeable among the youngest and oldest age groups. Over 94 % of pediatric and adolescent burn cases were categorized as thermal, scald, or chemical. Scald burns were the only type that affected a higher percentage of girls than boys. Hot water was the item most often involved in pediatric and adolescent burn cases, and the hand was the body part most often affected. These findings both corroborate and extend the pediatric burns literature. Identifying the most frequent burn profiles by age, sex, type, body parts affected, and product involved among children and adolescents 0–19 in the United States enabled us to pinpoint risk factors and offer guidance on prevention.

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Burns 医学-皮肤病学

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

18.50%

发文量

304

审稿时长

72 days

期刊介绍： Burns aims to foster the exchange of information among all engaged in preventing and treating the effects of burns. The journal focuses on clinical, scientific and social aspects of these injuries and covers the prevention of the injury, the epidemiology of such injuries and all aspects of treatment including development of new techniques and technologies and verification of existing ones. Regular features include clinical and scientific papers, state of the art reviews and descriptions of burn-care in practice. Topics covered by Burns include: the effects of smoke on man and animals, their tissues and cells; the responses to and treatment of patients and animals with chemical injuries to the skin; the biological and clinical effects of cold injuries; surgical techniques which are, or may be relevant to the treatment of burned patients during the acute or reconstructive phase following injury; well controlled laboratory studies of the effectiveness of anti-microbial agents on infection and new materials on scarring and healing; inflammatory responses to injury, effectiveness of related agents and other compounds used to modify the physiological and cellular responses to the injury; experimental studies of burns and the outcome of burn wound healing; regenerative medicine concerning the skin.