SCALD BURNS IN A 7-H OLD NEONATE: A CONSEQUENCE OF TRADITIONAL HOT WATER BATH

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 bath with hot water.She was resuscitated i want choo 60m