The diversity of wound presentation associated with Freon contact frostbite injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-812

  Wisler, James W ^a   Wisler, Jonathan R ^b   Coffey, Rebecca ^b   Miller, Sidney F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; FREON; MAFENIDE; NEOSPORIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURN DRESSING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INJURY; COLD INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FINGER AMPUTATION; HAND EDEMA; HAND INJURY; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VESICULAR RASH; WRIST INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, METHANE; DEBRIDEMENT; FROSTBITE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MAFENIDE; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77957554756     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181eed452     Document Type: Article

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