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The objective of this study was to describe and compare the demographic profiles, burn injury characteristics, and clinical management between three groups: children with (1) burns involving only the hands, (2) burns involving the hands and other sites, and (3) burns not involving the hands who were admitted to the paediatric Burns Service of Western Australia (BSWA) over a 10-year period. Methods: This cross-sectional study included all burn admissions to the state paediatric burn unit between July 2012 and June 2022. Descriptive statistics and univariate regression used to compare groups. A multivariate log-linear regression model was used to assess the independent association between hand involvement and length of hospital stay, adjusting for identified confounders. T Results: Children with burns isolated to the hands were younger, had a smaller percentage of total body surface area (%TBSA), were more likely to have sustained contact or friction burns, and were more likely to undergo skin grafting procedures compared to those with burns involving the hands and other sites, and those with burns not involving the hands. Despite these differences, hand involvement was not identified as an independent predictor of initial LOS. Conclusion: Paediatric patients with hand burns did not have longer initial hospital admissions than those without hand involvement. 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