Diseases mimicking a burn - outcome and treatment.

Autor: Castana O; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece., Makrodimou M, Michelakis D, Tsandoulas Z, Alexakis D
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of burns and fire disasters [Ann Burns Fire Disasters] 2005 Sep 30; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 130-2.
Abstrakt: Burn care is not reserved uniquely to burns. Several diseases have the symptomatology, clinical presentation, complications, treatment requirements, and outcome of burns. Such diseases are: 1. Stevens-Johnson disease; 2. Lyell's syndrome; 3. bacterial fasciitis; 4. skin necrosis combined with coagulation disturbances; 5. pemphigoid; and 6. subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
Databáze: MEDLINE