[Serious frostbite in a homeless psychiatric patient].
A 22-year-old homeless male psychiatric patient of Ghanaian origin was diagnosed with severe frostbite in both lower legs. The lesion consisted of haemorrhagic blistering with already visible demarcation. When sepsis developed both lower legs had to be amputated as a matter of urgency.
Hulscher
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Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis, locatie Sint Lucas, afd. Heelkunde, Jan Tooropstraat 164, 1061 AE Amsterdam. jbfhulscher@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D005627:Frostbite / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D005869:Ghana / Q000208:ethnology; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D014887:Weather