A 10-year audit of burns at Kalafong Hospital

Eyal, A.S.; Kemp, M.; Luvhengo, T.

dc.contributor.author	Eyal, A.S.
dc.contributor.author	Kemp, M.
dc.contributor.author	Luvhengo, T.
dc.date.accessioned	2007-07-13T05:55:25Z
dc.date.available	2007-07-13T05:55:25Z
dc.date.issued	2007-05
dc.description.abstract	Kalafong Hospital is a secondary hospital situated to the west of Pretoria. It serves as the regional burns centre for Gauteng province north of the Jukskei river. It mainly serves a poor population. This is a retrospective review of a 10-year period, looking at both numbers and the aetiology of burns treated by this unit. Only adult cases – patients over the age of 12 – were assessed. Over this period, a total number of 1046 patients were admitted and treated by this unit, consisting of 634 males and 406 females. The period covered, includes a period when the government has been expending massive amounts of funds to electrify townships and rural areas. Despite this, however, the majority of burn wounds are still caused by open flames and paraffin stoves.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Eyal, AS, Kemp, M & Luvhengo, T 2007,‘ A 10-year audit of burns at Kalafong Hospital’, Burns, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 393-395.[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03054179]	en
dc.identifier.issn	0305-4179
dc.identifier.other	10.1016/j.burns.2006.07.011
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3002
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.rights	Elsevier	en
dc.subject	Burns	en
dc.subject	Audit	en
dc.subject	Developing world	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Burns and scalds -- Gauteng (South Africa)
dc.subject.lcsh	Rural development
dc.subject.lcsh	People with social disabilities
dc.subject.lcsh	Fire prevention--Research
dc.subject.lcsh	Hazardous substances
dc.subject.lcsh	Chlorinated paraffin
dc.subject.lcsh	Poor
dc.title	A 10-year audit of burns at Kalafong Hospital	en
dc.type	Postprint Article	en