The Nitric acid burn trauma of the skin

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kolios, L ^a   Striepling, E ^b   Kolios, G ^c   Rudolf, K D ^b   Dresing, K ^a   Dorges J ^d   Sturmer K M ^a   Sturmer E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

^d Sleep Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical burn; Nitric acid; Skin; Treatment; Wound appearance; Young

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEXPANTHENOL; ENZYME; NITRIC ACID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BURNS, CHEMICAL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC ACID; OINTMENTS; PANTOTHENIC ACID; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SKIN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77949266072     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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