Burns
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first degree
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second degree
serious burns
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pain in children
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Burns Treatment: Specialist
Physicians
from the following specialties evaluate and treat burns:
Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Plastic Surgery
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Related Conditions
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Chemical burns
Electrical injury
First degree burn
Second degree burn
Smoke inhalation
Third degree burn
Burn of the abdomen
Burn of the arm
Burn of the back
Burn of the buttock
Burn of the chest
Burn of the face
Burn of the foot
Burn of the hand
Burn of the leg
Burn of the neck
Burn of the scalp
Sunburn
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Burns References:
Allison K, Porter K. Consensus on the prehospital approach to burns patient management. Emerg Med J. 2004 Jan;21(1):112-4.
Drago DA. Kitchen scalds and thermal burns in children five years and younger. Pediatrics. 2005 Jan;115(1):10-6.
Phillips BJ, Kassir A, Anderson B, Schiller WR. Recreational-outdoor burns: the impact and severity--a retrospective review of 107 patients. Burns. 1998 Sep;24(6):559-61.
Smith MA, Munster AM, Spence RJ. Burns of the hand and upper limb--a review. Burns. 1998 Sep;24(6):493-505.
