Specificity and treatment of thermal and inhalation injury following an explosion in a cement manufacturing kiln.
Six patients sustained a unique type of burn injury while working during the manufacture of cement in China. These patients suffered a combination of chemical and thermal injuries with extensive deep burns and inhalation injury, when they were involved in an accidental explosive leakage of cement from a manufacturing kiln. This report discusses the aetiology of the burn injury and the principles of treatment. All of these burns were preventable.
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Burn Center Hospital, Jin Zhou, Liao Ning, China.
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002059:Burns, Inhalation / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003252:Construction Materials; D005107:Explosions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged