title: Analysis of burns caused by long-term exposure to a heating pad.
abstract: The potential for creating a second-degree burn by extended exposure to an electric heating pad was evaluated in a simple model. Extrapolation of empirical results from experiments in thermal burns and in hyperthermia indicated that a heating pad at the low power setting can produce a burn within a threshold time of approximately 12 to 20 hours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Diller
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008433:Mathematics; D013997:Time Factors