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Levy, S., Chaouat, M., Malca, N., Serror, K., Mimoun, M., & Boccara, D. (2018). Brûlures chimiques: notre série sur 25 ans. . Annals of burns and fire disasters, 31(1), 4-9.
Levy, S, et al. "Brûlures chimiques: notre série sur 25 ans." . Annals of burns and fire disasters vol. 31,1 (2018): 4-9.
Levy S, Chaouat M, Malca N, Serror K, Mimoun M, Boccara D. Brûlures chimiques: notre série sur 25 ans. . Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2018 Mar 31;31(1):4-9. French. PMID: 30174563; PMCID: PMC6116657.
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Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2018 Mar 31;31(1):4-9.

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Annals of burns and fire disasters

[Article in French]
S Levy, M Chaouat, N Malca, K Serror, M Mimoun, D Boccara

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  1. Hôpital St Louis, Paris, France.

PMID: 30174563 PMCID: PMC6116657

Abstract

Chemical burns raise diagnostic and treatment issues because they have specific appearances and evolution. Our objective was to study the characteristics of chemical burns and to assess the quality of our treatment. This retrospective observational study examined the records of all patients admitted for chemical burns to the burn treatment center of Saint Louis Hospital in Paris from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 2015. During this period, 162 patients came to our center for chemical burn treatment. Most of them were men (67%). The majority of the burns were caused by alkalis (27%) and resulted from workplace accidents (29%). The average time before consultation was 5.36 days. The areas mainly damaged were the hands (36%) and the burn areas averaged 1.2% of the total body surface area (TBSA). Forty-eight patients had at least one deep patch. In total, 59 patients (36.4%) were hospitalized for an average duration of 4.18 days. Thirty-eight of them underwent surgery. Lastly, 92% of the operations had been anticipated from the first consultation. In our center, the population affected, the circumstances and the topography of our patients' burns were similar to the data from the literature. It appears that the principal specificity of our series is a very low body surface burned. This can be attributed to the prevention measures we have in France and underlines their importance. Only 8% of the patients who had surgery were underestimated or their burns became deeper secondarily. This number is lower than the data from other series.

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