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Chemical Burn: Diagnosis and Treatments

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Chemical burns are caused by corrosive agents (acids and alkali) leading to tissue damage. These injuries comprise 10% of burn injuries with majority occurring due to household accidents, work accidents or even self-inflicted. The total body surface area (TBSA) involved in these injuries is usually less than thermal injuries; however, the depth and the extent of injuries could be more extensive than the thermal counterparts. In addition, special organs involvements such as eye, mucosa, or even renal and hepatic could have substantial subsequences. A review of common injuries involving acids, bases and the special considerations in decontamination and treatment of special agents are discussed in this chapter.

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Regional Burn Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Ali Izadpanah

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  1. Ross Tilley Burn Centre Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marc G. Jeschke

  2. Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Lars-Peter Kamolz

  3. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Folke Sjöberg

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Steven E. Wolf

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Izadpanah, A. (2020). Chemical Burn: Diagnosis and Treatments. In: Jeschke, M., Kamolz, LP., Sjöberg, F., Wolf, S. (eds) Handbook of Burns Volume 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18940-2_40

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