AIMS To determine whether there were temporal or seasonal patterns in the occurrence of chemical incidents reported to the West Midlands Chemical Incident Surveillance System, UK. METHODS A retrospective analysis of reports maintained on a computerised database was carried out for information received from January 1997 to December 2001. RESULTS Annual numbers of events increased significant...

Many chemicals used as medical treatments can cause chemical burns as an untoward side effect. One of such chemicals is potassium permanganate. It is a caustic chemical used as a disinfectant. The most common sites of burn by potassium permanganate are exposed sites like the face and hands. Chemical burns in the perianal and anal region are rare in clinical practice and even sparser in the pedi...

Hydrofluoric acid (HF) causes a unique chemical burn. Much of the current treatment knowledge of HF burns is derived from case reports, small case series, animal studies and anecdotal evidence. The management can be challenging because clinical presentation and severity of these burns vary widely. Plastic surgeons managing burn patients must have a basic understanding of the pathophysiology, th...

To cite: Ellanti P, Hurson C. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-208967 DESCRIPTION A 75-year-old man underwent routine left total knee arthroplasty under a spinal anaesthetic. An adequately sized pneumatic tourniquet with wool padding was used and a clear adhesive drape applied circumferentially around the thigh to isolate the tourniquet. A 10%...

We give a r#{233}sum#{233} of “chemical testing” for alcohol in the United States in connection with traffic-law enforcement. Recent procedural and instrumental developments are briefly reviewed. Various factors involved in discrepancies between the results of analyses of near-simultaneous venous blood and breath specimens from the same subject are examined. Because the causes of these discrepa...

: Generally, burns can occur for a variety of reasons, including heat, electricity, cold, and chemical exposure. Chemical are very important because their irreversible unpredictable physical mental effects, both at work home, even intentionally. Approximately 2 to 11% burns. In Iran, due the increasing prevalence acid attacks in recent years, besides high growth industries working with acids, s...

introduction: caustic or corrosive caustic substance is a chemical substance that damages the tissue with which it comes to contact. these materials include domestic and industrial caustic. treatment of chemical burns of the esophagus and stomach is one of the greatest problems in surgery; the studies to date have not proved specific results despite various medical and surgical procedures metho...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate preschool children with major burns under inpatient treatment and to examine the reasons for those burns. Method: We retrospectively studied 255 patients between 0 and 5 years of age who suffered from major burns and who received inpatient treatment in the Burn Unit based on the guidelines of the American Burn Association between 2009 and 2011. The...

BACKGROUND The therapeutic effects of allogeneic cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation (CLET) for symblephara at different degrees caused by ocular burns were evaluated in this study. METHODS A series of interventional cases were involved in this retrospective study. Eighty eyes (80 patients) with symblephara underwent CLET and the success rates of surgical treatment as well as corneal...