A rare type of burn injury due to butane gas inhalation
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Tarih
2017
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Dergi ISSN
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Yayıncı
Turkish Assoc Trauma Emergency Surgery
Erişim Hakkı
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Özet
BACKGROUND: Abusive inhalation of butane gas is becoming a serious public health problem among teenagers and young adult population; however, there has been little reporting on explosion burns associated with abuse of butane cigarette lighter fluid. METHODS: Retrospective study was conducted of 22 patients who were burned in last 2 years in explosion of butane gas, a flammable, odorless, and colorless aliphatic hydrocarbon. RESULTS: Details of sociodemographic profile of the patients, any underlying psychiatric illness, alcohol abuse, depth of burn injury, any associated injury, duration of hospitalization, and percentage of burned area were recorded and analyzed. CONCLUSION: All of the patients were young men, and most had superficial burn injury. Hospital stay ranged from 0 to 11 days. All of the patients were treated with conservative management.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Abuse, burn, butane, explosion
Kaynak
Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish Journal Of Trauma & Emergency Surgery
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
23
Sayı
3
Künye
Seven, E., Horoz, U., Sarı, E., Özakpınar, H. R., Sandıkcı, M. M., İnözü, E., & Tellioğlu, A. T. (2017). A rare type of burn injury due to butane gas inhalation. Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 23(3), 212–216.
