Chemical Burn Injury in Kumasi

Chemical Burn Injury in Kumasi: The Trend and Complications following and Their Management

UNLABELLED A chemical burn refers to irritation and destruction of human tissue caused by exposure to a chemical, usually by direct contact with the chemical or its fumes. The study investigated the trend and complications following chemical burns and their management. METHODS The study involved a retrospective review of Burns Registry at the Burns Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teac...

Burn injury in Mottahari Burn Center in Tehran, Iran

Chemical Burn in a Neonate.

An 18-day-old male neonate was brought in to our Emergency Department with concern about a large dark rash around the umbilicus with an area of desquamation (Fig. 1). He had otherwise been acting normally with normal intake and output, and no fever. The umbilical cord had fallen off three days earlier, and silver nitrate was applied to stop the bleeding. After rash developed, bacitracin was app...

An atypical chemical burn.

Liver Disease in Burn Injury

OBJECTIVE To assess mortality risk and extent of increased length of hospital stay in patients with burn injury with preexisting liver disease. METHODS Records of 31,338 adults who were admitted with burns to 70 burn centers were reviewed from the American Burn Association National Burn Repository. Demographics, percentage burn, and medical characteristics of 180 patients with liver disease w...