Medication
Medication Summary
The goal of pharmacotherapy is to reduce morbidity and prevent complications.
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Pharmacologic antidote
Class Summary
The major pharmacologic intervention is with calcium gluconate. Depending on the clinical situation, it may be used in a gel, intravenously, intra-arterially or used to irrigate ocular burns.
Calcium gluconate (Kalcinate)
Calcium gluconate moderates nerve and muscle performance and facilitates normal cardiac function. For systemic hypocalcemia, it can be given intravenously initially. For topical pain, it can be applied as a water-soluble gel mixture. For intravenous, intra-arterial, or ocular administration, please refer to the discussion in Treatment.
Calcium chloride
Calcium chloride manages underlying hypocalcemic effects.
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Grade 1 hydrofluoric (HF) acid burns of the fingertips. The patient has severe pain (maximum middle digit) with only minimal redness of the nail beds.
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Grade 3 hydrofluoric (HF) acid burns of the fingertips. Note how the nailbed and tip of the fingers have severely been injured, but the nails show no damage.
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