Crianças e adolescentes queimados: Perfil de internação em um centro de tratamento especializado / Burnt children and adolescents: Hospitalization profile in a specialized treatment center
Estudo quantitativo retrospectivo transversal, de 267 prontuários de crianças e adolescentes vítimas de queimaduras. Os dados foram analisados no software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), sendo aplicados os testes Exato de Fisher e Qui-quadrado, considerando p<0,05.
The sample was composed of children and adolescentsaged between 6 and 18 years old, the malegender being more frequent. Most of the burns were of thermal origin, classified as second degree, with alcohol as the main agent, affecting the trunk, head and upper limbs, with a median of 9% of body burned surface. Burns were more frequent in the summer due to accidents. A median of 13 days of hospitalization was evidenced, with the outcome being hospital discharge.