title: Plaster cast burns: the reality.
abstract: An in vivo experimental study was performed of the temperatures produced by a setting plaster cast using hot and cold water. The results confirmed a statistical difference in the temperatures reached using hot and cold water. Forearm and below knee plasters did not represent a burn risk. Lower limb cylinder casts reached sufficient temperatures to cause burns with hot water but did not remain at these temperatures long enough to pose a clinical risk.
authors.affiliation: Princess Royal Hospital, Nursery Cottage, Crondall Road, Crookham Village, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 5SY, UK. jezread@gmail.com
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ricketts
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy