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Electrical injuries in children-a 6-year retrospective study
Nan Hu1, Ji-Gang Chen1, Jing Liu1
1Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China.
Insights
Male preschoolers are most at risk for electrical injuries, often caused by household appliances and battery-powered toys. Enhanced family electrical safety education is crucial for prevention.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Public Health
- Electrical Safety
Background:
- Electrical injuries pose a significant risk to children.
- Understanding epidemiological characteristics is vital for prevention strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess clinical and epidemiological features of pediatric electrical injuries.
- To identify countermeasures for preventing electrical injuries in children.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective analysis of 321 pediatric electrical injury cases.
- Classification into inpatient and outpatient groups.
- Statistical analysis including logistic regression to identify risk factors.
Main Results:
- Highest incidence in children ≤6 years old and during summer.
- Significant differences in gender, location, cause, and voltage between groups (p < 0.05).
- Lower injury-causing voltage is a protective factor against hospitalization (OR = 0.116). Boys and preschoolers are more affected, with battery-powered vehicles being a common cause.
Conclusions:
- Male preschoolers are the primary demographic for electrical injuries.
- Household electrical appliances and battery-powered vehicles are common injury sources.
- Improved family electrical safety education and protective measures are essential.
Background:
This study aimed to assess the clinical epidemiological characteristics of children with electrical injuries and discuss the countermeasures for the prevention of electrical injuries in children.
Methods:
The children with electrical injuries were grouped according to whether or not they were admitted to the hospital for treatment into inpatient and outpatient groups. Clinical data such as gender, causes of injury and injury-causing voltage distribution in different age groups were analyzed. The factors affecting hospitalization were subjected to χ2 test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, and logistic regression analysis.
Results:
A total of 321 children were included with 37 divided into inpatient group and 284 divided into outpatient group. The incidence of electrical injuries was highest in children ≤6 years old and in the summer. There were significantly different in gender, place of occurrence, cause of injury and injury-causing voltage between the two groups (p < 0.05). Injury-causing voltage is an independent risk factor affecting hospitalization of children with electrical injuries (OR = 0.116, 95 %CI = 0.040-0.334, p = 0.000). In children ≤6 years old, boys suffered electrical injuries more frequently than girls; battery powered vehicle (47.53 %) was primarily the cause of injury; most of the patients (64.64 %) were exposed to low voltage below 100 Vs, mainly in the case of adolescent children.
Conclusion:
Male preschoolers accounted for the majority of electrical injury cases, and these accidents mostly happened in household electrical appliances and household battery cars. Overall, it is necessary to improve family electrical safety education and reinforce protective measures against electric injury to children.
