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Infections in Pediatric Burn Patients: An Analysis of One Hundred Eighty-One Patients by Belgin Gülhan; Saliha Kanık Yüksek; Mutlu Hayran; Aslınur Özkaya Parlakay; Doğuş Güney; Gözde Akın Kağızmanlı; Hacer Kaygısız; Hasan Tezer; Emrah Şenel is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Infectious complications are one of the most life-threatening complications and result in substantial mortality and morbidity in children who have been burned. The goal of the study is to assess the risk factors for sepsis in pediatric burn patients in a referral hospital. This study was performed at the Pediatric Burn Unit of Ankara Child Health and Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital during the period between January 2014 and June 2017. The patients were evaluated for age, sex, burn etiology, burned body surface area (BSA), the presence of inhalation injury, sepsis, positive cultures, the micro-organisms cultured samples, and septic focus. A total of 181 patients were included in the study. The most common cause of burns was scalds in 120 patients (66.3%). Forty-one patients (22.7%) developed health-care-associated infection and sepsis. Gram-negative micro-organisms were isolated in 40 (97.6%) patients ( spp., ) with sepsis. Carbapenem resistance was detected in 31 (93.8%) of 40 patients. Mortality was observed in 11 patients (6.1%) in the group with sepsis. Burn surface area, burn depth, C-reactive protein (CRP) values, mortality, Garcés index, and Baux i
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- Author
- Belgin Gülhan; Saliha Kanık Yüksek; Mutlu Hayran; Aslınur Özkaya Parlakay; Doğuş Güney; Gözde Akın Kağızmanlı; Hacer Kaygısız; Hasan Tezer; Emrah Şenel
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)