A clinical case study of a participation intervention method for burn dressing change in two children

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Link field Each year in Iceland, approximately 23 children are hospitalized due to severe burns (Landspitali-University Hospital Database, 2002). Ages range from 3.5 to 16 years. All of these have pain...

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Published in:Burns
Main Authors: Baldursdottir, Margrét Erna, Kristjansdottir, Gudrun
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/12511
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2006.06.015
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Summary:To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Link field Each year in Iceland, approximately 23 children are hospitalized due to severe burns (Landspitali-University Hospital Database, 2002). Ages range from 3.5 to 16 years. All of these have pain associated with the burn. Severe burns are one of the most painful experiences known to people and well remembered [1]. Minor burns have fewer physiologic consequences than major burns, but may be equally painful during their treatment and healing, such as burn dressing change (BDC) [2].