Chemical injuries: The Tasmanian Burns Unit experience

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Ricketts, Sophie ^a   Kimble, Francis W ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cement injury; Chemical injury; Hydrofluoric acid injury; Sulphuric acid injury

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; SULFURIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LAVAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SEX RATIO; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE INJURY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SULFURIC ACIDS; TASMANIA;

EID: 0037283713     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02617.x     Document Type: Article

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