Sulphuric acid burns: report of a mass domestic accident.
An unusual domestic accident involving concentrated sulphuric acid and affecting seven children ranging between 3 and 7 years is reported. Three had major burns with one having a 60 per cent mostly full skin thickness burn. This last patient is reported in detail and problems of sulphuric acid burns and their management are discussed.
Husain
M T
MT
Department of Plastic Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hasanain
J
J
Kumar
P
P
D000061:Accidents, Home; D000138:Acidosis / Q000209:etiology; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors
D013464:Sulfuric Acids