An Unusual Cause of Burn Injury: Skin Exposure to Monochloroacetic Acid

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 407-409

  Pirson, J ^a,c   Toussaint, P ^a   Segers, N ^b  

^a Belgian Ministry of Defense   (Belgium)

^b Hpital Militaire Reine Astrid   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; BICARBONATE; CHLOROACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

ACCIDENT; ACIDOSIS; ADSORPTION; ANAMNESIS; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN EDEMA; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SHOCK; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN TOXICITY; SOMNOLENCE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ACCIDENTS; ACETIC ACIDS; ACIDOSIS; ADSORPTION; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM;

EID: 0345687881     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000095515.03087.E0     Document Type: Review

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