Kraemer Robert, Knobloch Karsten, Lorenzen Johan, Breuing Karl H, Koennecker Soeren, Rennekampff Hans-Oliver, Vogt Peter M
Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
J Burn Care Res. 2011 Mar-Apr;32(2):173-7. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31820aade7.
Commercially available bioethanol-fueled fireplaces have become increasingly popular additions for interior home decoration in Europe and more recently in the United States. These fireplaces are advertised as smokeless, ecologically friendly, and do not require professional installation, formal gas lines, or venting. Although manufacturers and businesses promote their safety, recent presentations of injuries have alerted the authors to the relevant danger bioethanol fireplaces can pose for the incautious user. Are bioethanol fireplaces going to become the future threat in domestic burn accidents beside common barbeque burns? A Medline literature search on barbeque and domestic fireplace accidents was performed to compare and stratify the injury patterns reported and to identify a risk profile for contemporary bioethanol-fueled fireplaces. To exemplify, two representative clinical cases of severe burn accidents caused by bioethanol-fueled fireplaces, both treated in the burn unit of the authors, are being presented. Design fireplaces are being recognized as an increasing source of fuel and fire-related danger in the home. This risk may be underestimated by the uninformed customer, resulting in severe burn injuries. Because bioethanol-fueled fireplaces have become more commonplace, they may overtake barbecue-related injury as the most common domestic burn injury.
市售的以生物乙醇为燃料的壁炉在欧洲以及最近在美国，已越来越多地成为室内家居装饰的热门选择。这些壁炉宣传为无烟、生态友好，且无需专业安装、正规燃气管道或通风设施。尽管制造商和商家宣传其安全性，但近期的受伤案例提醒作者们，生物乙醇壁炉可能会对粗心的使用者造成相关危险。除了常见的烧烤烫伤外，生物乙醇壁炉会成为家庭烧伤事故中的未来威胁吗？我们在医学文献数据库（Medline）中检索了有关烧烤和家用壁炉事故的文献，以比较和分层所报告的损伤模式，并确定当代生物乙醇壁炉的风险概况。为举例说明，本文展示了两例由生物乙醇壁炉导致的严重烧伤事故的代表性临床病例，均在作者所在的烧伤科接受治疗。设计型壁炉正被视为家庭中燃料及火灾相关危险的一个日益增长的来源。这种风险可能会被不知情的消费者低估，从而导致严重烧伤。由于以生物乙醇为燃料的壁炉已变得更为常见，它们可能会取代与烧烤相关的伤害，成为最常见的家庭烧伤类型。
