Unusual donor site reactions to calcium alginate dressings.
Calcium alginate dressings have been used as the standard dressing for split skin donor sites at the Women's and Children's Hospital burn unit for the last 12 yr. This method has proven satisfactory with good haemostasis, reliable healing, low infection rate and is well accepted by the children and nursing staff. We have recently had 5 cases with the unusual and unexplained phenomenon of dermal calcification in the donor site following the use of two new varieties of calcium alginate dressing.
Davey
R B
RB
Burn Unit, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, Australia.
Sparnon
A L
AL
Byard
R W
RW
D000464:Alginates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001458:Bandages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing
D000464:Alginates; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D006490:Hemostatics; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; C485830:tetracalcium phosphate; C485838:calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; C020243:calcium phosphate; C485829:calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous