Magnitude of mortality and its associated factors among Burn victim children admitted to South Gondar zone government hospitals, Ethiopia, from 2015 to 2019.
Chalie Marew TirunehAmare BelachewSileshi MulatuTigabu Desie EmiruNigusie Selomon TibebuMoges Wubneh AbateAdane Birhanu NigatAmsalu BeleteBelete Gelaw WallePublished in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2022)
The mortality among burn victim children was higher than most of the studies conducted all over the world. Medical insurance none users, being malnourished, burned by electrical and flame burn, having total body surface area burnt greater than 20%, and having poor clinical condition at addition were significantly associated with mortality of burn victim pediatrics. Therefore, timely identification and monitoring of burn injury should be necessary to prevent mortality of burn victim pediatrics.