Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
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A 10-year retrospective study of heat press injury: Characteristics and risk factors for amputation.
The diagnostic grading system for heat press injury has remained the same for decades and depends solely on surgical observation. This study described the demographic and clinical characteristics of such patients and investigated potential predictive factors for amputation. ⋯ Industrial machines, working age, small TBSA, digit or hand injuries, and full-thickness skin injuries were common in our patients. Insufficient perfusion of extremities was an independent risk factor for amputation, while other indicators, including TBSA, D-dimer level, and white blood cell count, did not.
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Letter Biography Historical Article
Eric Blair, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and George Orwell.