Seven Ergin, Horoz Uğur, Sarı Elif, Özakpınar Hülda Rifat, Sandıkcı Mert Muhittin, İnözü Emre, Tellioğlu Ali Teoman
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital; Ankara-Turkey.
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2017 May;23(3):212-216. doi: 10.5505/tjtes.2016.37999.
Abusive inhalation of butane gas is becoming a serious public health problem among teenagers and young adult population; however, there has been little reporting on explosion burns associated with abuse of butane cigarette lighter fluid.
Retrospective study was conducted of 22 patients who were burned in last 2 years in explosion of butane gas, a flammable, odorless, and colorless aliphatic hydrocarbon.
Details of sociodemographic profile of the patients, any underlying psychiatric illness, alcohol abuse, depth of burn injury, any associated injury, duration of hospitalization, and percentage of burned area were recorded and analyzed.
All of the patients were young men, and most had superficial burn injury. Hospital stay ranged from 0 to 11 days. All of the patients were treated with conservative management.
滥用吸入丁烷气正在成为青少年和青年人群中一个严重的公共卫生问题;然而,关于与滥用丁烷打火机液体相关的爆炸烧伤的报道却很少。
对过去两年内因丁烷气爆炸而烧伤的22例患者进行了回顾性研究,丁烷气是一种易燃、无味且无色的脂肪烃。
记录并分析了患者的社会人口统计学特征细节、任何潜在的精神疾病、酒精滥用情况、烧伤深度、任何相关损伤、住院时间以及烧伤面积百分比。
所有患者均为青年男性,且大多数为浅度烧伤。住院时间为0至11天。所有患者均接受了保守治疗。