title: [Advances in the research of clinical features and treatment of ammonia burns].
abstract: Ammonia is commonly used in industry and agriculture. It is also one of the most frequently accidentally spilled chemicals. Exposure to ammonia can cause severe cutaneous burn or freezing injury, ocular injury, and inhalation injury, among them inhalation injury is the most lethal one. Although the diagnosis and treatment of ammonia burns have been improved, the long-term prognosis is not satisfactory. In this article, we reviewed the literature concerning ammonia burns, in order to summarize the clinical features and treatment of such injury.
authors: Department of Burn Surgery, Institute of Burns, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Guosheng
authors: G
authors: Wu
authors: Department of Burn Surgery, Institute of Burns, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Shichu
authors: S
authors: Xiao
authors: Department of Burn Surgery, Institute of Burns, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Sun
authors: Department of Burn Surgery, Institute of Burns, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors: Shizhao
authors: S
authors: Ji
authors: Department of Burn Surgery, Institute of Burns, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. Email: xiazhaofan@163.com.
authors: Zhaofan
authors: Z
authors: Xia
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002059:Burns, Inhalation; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000641:Ammonia