Gas-fired gravity floor furnace contact burns.
Infants and toddlers are at particular risk for contact burns from the registers of gas-fired floor furnaces. We report 11-month-old and 12-month-old boys who sustained the classic grid-like pattern of burns to their skin after contracting the registers of gas-fired floor furnaces. The depth of these burns were judged to be partial thickness and healed without the application of skin grafts. Manufacturers must devise safe registers for gas-fired furnaces that will not cause contact burn injuries.
Urbancic
J M
JM
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
VanMeter
B H
BH
Edlich
R F
RF
Himel
H N
HN
D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology*; D006361:Heating / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male