Hand burn caused by Freon gas

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1210-1212

  Sever, Celalettin ^a   Ulkur, Ersin ^a   Uygur, Fatih ^a   Celikoz, Bahattin ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FREON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; HAND BURN; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LAVAGE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN EDEMA;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, METHANE; FINGER INJURIES; FROSTBITE; GASES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 54249158489     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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