Full and Partial Thickness Burns from Spontaneous Combustion of E-Cigarette Lithium-Ion Batteries with Review of Literature

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 121-125

  Treitl, Daniela ^a,b   Solomon, Rachele ^a   Davare, Dafney L ^a   Sanchez, Rafael ^a   Kiffin, Chauniqua ^a  

^a MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic cigarette burns; full and partial thickness burns; lithium ion battery explosions

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; GABAPENTIN; LITHIUM ION; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBUSTION; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FULL AND PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN; HUMAN; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WIDE EXCISION; WOUND CARE; XENOGRAFT; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; EXPLOSION; POWER SUPPLY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BURNS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

EID: 85019066411     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.03.031     Document Type: Article

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