Paediatric rehabilitation in a developing country—India in relation to aetiology,consequences and outcome in a group of 459 burnt children |
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| Authors: | K Mathangi Ramakrishnan V Jayaraman A Andal Janani Shanker |
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| Institution: | 1. Chief of Plastic Surgery and Paediatric Intensive Burns Care Unit, K. K. CHILDS Trust Hospital, 12 A, Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034, Tamilnadu, India;2. Consultant Plastic Surgeon, K. K. CHILDS Trust Hospital, 12 A, Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034, Tamilnadu, India;3. Consultant Paediatric Medicine, K. K. CHILDS Trust Hospital, 12 A, Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034, Tamilnadu, India |
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| Abstract: | Age, aetiology of burn, percentage body surface area burnt and post-burn sequelae have a direct relationship to the rehabilitative necessity in burnt children in a developing country—India. In spite of the gross disfigurements and sequelae, only adolescent children required psychosocial rehabilitation. These are the results following a retrospective analysis of 459 paediatric burn patients in Madras, India. |
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| Keywords: | Post-burn sequelae paediatric rehabilitation India |
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