155 burns caused by hair straighteners in children: a single centre's experience over 5 years.

Unlabelled: Hair straighteners have become a popular and common household appliance. The incidence of burns from these devices is rising, and is of particular concern given that the main casualties are infants. We present the largest case series in the literature of paediatric burns from hair straightening devices.

Pediatric superficial scald burns--reassessment of our follow-up protocol.

The most common pediatric burn injury is a superficial scald. The current follow-up protocol for such burns includes review of the patient at 2 weeks postinjury and then 2 months later. The authors decided to review the protocol to assess the need for this second follow-up.

Treatment of hand scalds in the paediatric age group: a novel Biobrane glove.

Unlabelled: This article describes a technique to create a novel Biobrane glove to treat superficial circumferential paediatrics hand scalds. It includes step by step instructions and illustrations to demonstrate the application of two sheets of Biobrane to cover the entire hand.

Conclusion: This method seems to be more cost-effective than the Biobrane glove distributed by Smith & Nephew.

Severe staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in children.

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is a rare toxin-mediated condition caused by Staphylococcus aureus, which causes blistering and desquamation of the skin. Between November 2005 and April 2006, four children were admitted to critical care beds in the South West Regional Paediatric Burns Unit because of SSSS affecting more than 50% of the body surface area. Details of these cases are presented, highlighting the potential severity of the condition.