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HYDROFLUORIC ACID BURNS OF THE HANDS: A CASE REPORT AND SUGGESTED MANAGEMENT
Author(s) -
Edinburg Mark,
Swift Rosemary
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01471.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hydrofluoric acid , disfigurement , surgery , intensive care medicine , organic chemistry , chemistry
Hydrofluoric acid is a strong inorganic acid. It is used commercially in a number of industrial settings. Injuries sustained from this acid are infrequent and the management of such cases is therefore not well known. Tissue destruction caused by this acid is rapid and severely painful and may result in disfigurement if treatment is not instituted promptly. Methods of management of hydrofluoric acid bums are still controversial and no single type of therapy has yet been determined. The patient was managed according to the guidelines in the literature, but, in the presence of severe digital oedema, intra‐arterial infusion of calcium gluconate was performed. This resulted in rapid relief of pain and prevention of continuing tissue destruction.