[Diagnostic image (123). A man on oxygen therapy and facial burns. First and second degree burns in the face after a flame during nasal oxygen administration].
A 66-year-old man was hospitalised because of pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He suffered from facial burns when he tested a cigarette lighter whilst on oxygen therapy by nasal prongs.
Mannes
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Twenteborg Ziekenhuis, afd. Longziekten, Postbus 7600, 7600 SZ Almelo.
D000059:Accidents; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D012907:Smoking
D010100:Oxygen