RT Book, Section
A1 Pizon, Anthony F.
A1 Lynch, Michael 
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166811382
T1 Chemical Burns
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166811382
RD 2024/04/23
AB More  than  25,000  products  can  produce  chemical  burns.  Most  exposures  occur  occupationally,  but  home  exposures  are  common  as  well.  As  few  as  10%  of  all  burn  center  admissions  are  the  result  of  chemical  burns;  however,  the  morbidity  and  mortality  are  high  and  may  account  for  as  many  as  30%  of  all  burn  deaths.1,2  Burn  injuries  from  corrosives,  mostly  to  the  face  and  neck,  are  unfortunately  a  common  and  growing  method  of  assault  in  low-  and  middle-income  countries.  Long-term  psychological  and  physical  effects  are  debilitating.3  Careful  individual  attention  is  required  for  chemical  burn  treatment  due  to  the  nature  of  concomitant  tissue  injury  as  well  as  chemical  exposure.