Sulfuric acid burns (corrosion and acute irritation): evidence-based overview to management.
Concentrated sulfuric acid causes severe skin injury. To prevent skin destruction, efficient early treatment is of utmost importance. However, regimens suggested in the literature are not always supported by experimental data. Further studies are needed. To improve early management of sulfuric acid burns, future experiments need careful extrapolation between animal skin and human skin. The benefit of water, neutralizer, or alternative agents has to be established by precisely defining acid concentration and time of exposure.
Flammiger
Anna
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Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0989, USA. anna.flammiger@yahoo.de
Maibach
Howard
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D000818:Animals; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000628:therapy*; D003343:Corrosion; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants / Q000633:toxicity; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000633:toxicity*
D007509:Irritants; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; C033158:sulfuric acid