Burns, Chemical: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

acid burns, base burns, corrosive ingestion, caustic burn, caustic chemical burn, esophageal burn, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid, muriatic acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, chloroacetic acid, monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, phenol, cresol, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium oxide, lime, ammonia, phosphate, chlorate, white phosphorus, vesicants, chromate, potassium dichromate, chromic acid, peroxides, hydrogen peroxide, bleach, potassium permanganate

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Robert D Cox, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center; Medical Director, Mississippi Regional Poison Control Center
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