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Chemical Debridement of Burns

Annals of Surgery, 1974
The development of effective, non-toxic (local and systemic) methods for the rapid chemical (enzymatic and non-enzymatic) debridement of third degree burns would dramatically reduce the morbidity and mortality of severely burned patients. Sepsis is still the major cause of death of patients with extensive deep burns.
S M, Levenson, D, Kan, C, Gruber, L V, Crowley, R, Lent, A, Watford, E, Seifter   +6 more
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Dangerous games: Pool shock chemical burn to the face

JPRAS Open, 2018
Today information about fascinating chemical reactions is readily available on the internet. Unfortunately, these experiments can have catastrophic consequences. Pool chemicals account for a significant number of injuries in the United States. Pool Shock
Luis Quiroga, Saarah Ebrahim, Mohammed Asif, Julie Caffrey   +3 more
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Factors associated with chemical burns in Zhejiang province, China: An epidemiological study

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Work-related burns are common among occupational injuries. Zhejiang Province is an industrial area with a high incidence of chemical burns.
Jiang Rui M, Ye Chun J, Chen Guo X, Han Chun M, Zhang Yuan H, Liu Li P, Ni Liang F   +6 more
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Adjunct Use of Therapeutic Scleral Lens for Exposure Keratopathy after Severe Chemical Burn

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2021
Severe chemical burns can damage the periocular area causing exposure keratopathy and resulting in ocular pain, foreign body sensation, epiphora, photophobia, and vision loss.
Angelica C. Scanzera, Amjad Ahmad, Ellen Shorter   +2 more
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An unusual burn caused by hot argy wormwood leaf water

Clinics and Practice, 2011
An unusual burn case caused by hot wormwood leaf water was discussed. A 29-year-old woman sustained a 7% second-degree burn on both buttocks and left thigh.
Xun Liang, Xu-Lin Chen, Fei Wang, Feng Guo   +3 more
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Associated bacterial and fungal infections in burn wounds: Common factors, distribution in etiology, age groups, bacterial and fungal strands – Evaluation of a single burn center experience of 20 years

Burns Open
Introduction: Burn intensive care unit (BICU) patients suffer from reduced immunological competence. Often bacterial and fungal infections occur as single or associated infection of the burn site.
Christian Weinand
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Effects of cultured human adipose-derived stem cells transplantation on rabbit cornea regeneration after alkaline chemical burn

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013
Ocular chemical burn is a severe injury with poor outcomes. Immediate and appropriate management is highly related to prognosis. We studied the effect of cultured human adipose tissue-derived stem cells on the regeneration of the rabbit cornea after ...
Hsiu-Fen Lin, Yung-Chang Lai, Chih-Feng Tai, Jin-Lian Tsai, Huan-Chen Hsu, Ruey-Fen Hsu, Sheng-Nan Lu, Nan-Hsiung Feng, Chee-Yin Chai, Chung-Hsun Lee   +9 more
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Skin burns from monochloroacetic acid leak in a chemical plant: a case report

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju, 2020
The patient, a 45-year-old male chemical factory worker, was burned by monochloroacetic acid discharged from a ruptured pipe. The patient was merely flushed with water and did not leave the workplace immediately.
Tao Yiming, Liu Tingting, Jian Xiangdong
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Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the treatment of moderate-to-severe itch after burns on limbs (TE-ITCH): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial

BMJ Open
Introduction Itching is a common and distressing clinical manifestation following burns, which severely impairs patient quality of life. Current pharmacotherapy for post-burn pruritus is limited by low efficacy and frequent side effects.
Ning Li, Ling Zhou, Wei Zhu, Lei Cao, Xue Heng, Linjun Li, Gaoxing Luo, Haisheng Li   +7 more
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Nanomaterial-Based Repurposing of Macrophage Metabolism and Its Applications

Nano-Micro Letters
Highlights A large-scale metabolic adaptation in M1-polarized macrophages compared with M2 macrophages, along with multiple altered metabolite parameters that can serve as potential targets, have been discussed.
Tingting Meng, Danfeng He, Zhuolei Han, Rong Shi, Yuhan Wang, Bibo Ren, Cheng Zhang, Zhengwei Mao, Gaoxing Luo, Jun Deng   +9 more
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