Scald burns in a 7-h old neonate: A consequence of traditional hot water bath

• Main Authors: Abubakar Sani Lugga (Author), Bello Muhammad Sulaiman (Author), Lawal Magaji Ibrahim (Author), Yekinni Sakiru Abiodun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Burn injuries are rare in the neonatal period. Most of the cases reported in the literature are iatrogenic. We report the case of a 7-h old female neonate who presented with domestic accidental scald burns involving 18% of the total body surface area. She sustained the burns during a traditional bat...