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Household Oven Doors
A Burn Hazard in Children
Karl L. Yen, MD;
David E. Bank, MD;
Andrea M. O'Neill, RN, MS;
Roger W. Yurt, MD
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:84-86.
Contact with hot oven doors is an important cause of burns in pediatric
patients. These burns are of particular concern because of their frequent
localization to the hands, with the resulting negative implications for financial
cost, long-term cosmesis, and hand function. A 5-year review of pediatric
oven door burn cases admitted to a burn referral center was conducted. Of
the 14 cases identified, the median age was 12 months. The median total body
surface area (TBSA) was 1.75% (range, 0.5%-4.5%). Twelve of 14 cases involved
1 or both hands. The median length of hospital stay was 10 days. In 7 cases,
burns were sustained from contact to an external surface of the oven. Based
on the results obtained, we propose several prevention strategies.
From the Department of Pediatrics, Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, Oak Harbor,
Wis (Dr Yen); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency
Medicine (Dr Banks) and Surgery, Burn Center (Ms O'Neill), New York Presbyterian
Hospital–Weill Medical College, New York; and the Department of Emergency
Medicine, New York University Medicine Center, New York (Dr Yurt).
Corresponding author: Karl L. Yen, MD, Department of Pediatrics,
Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, 3475 N Saratoga St, Oak Harbor, WA 98278-9900 (e-mail: karlyen{at}pol.net).
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