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Burn

A burn is an injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or ionizing radiation (such as sunburn, caused by ultraviolet radiation). Most burns are thermal burns caused by contact with heat from hot fluids (called scalding), solids, or fire. Burns occur mainly in the home or the workplace. In the home, risks are…

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Causes
Heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, radiation
Complications
Infection
Deaths
176,000 (2015)
Duration
Days to weeks
Frequency
67 million (2015)
Medication
Pain medication, intravenous fluids, tetanus toxoid

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Nodes189
Edges188
Triples266
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010582
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related to history · 20
Burn → Alexis Carrel, Ambroise Paré, BCE, BCE Edwin Smith Papyrus, Cave, CE, Celsus, Chinese, Dakin, During World War, Egyptian, England, French, Guillaume Dupuytren, Henry, Hippocrates, In, London, Many, The
related to Intravenous fluids · 15
Burn → Additionally, Blood, Children, Crystalloid, Half, In, Intravenous, Ringer's, TBSA, The, The Parkland, They, This, Total Body Surface Area, While
related to Medications · 14
Burn → Antihistamines, As, Benzodiazepines, Burns, During, Erythropoietin, In, Intravenous, Recombinant, TBSA, Tentative, The, There, These
related to Complications · 12
Burn → Anemia, Blood, Electrical, Following, In, Keloids, Pneumonia, Risk, Scarring, TBSA, The, To
related to Thermal · 12
Burn → Almost, Australia, Contact, Fireworks, Generally, In, Of, Scald, Scalding, Thermal, This, United States
related to Size · 11
Burn → Browder, First-degree, Lund, More, Most, TBSA, The, There, Unit, VSD, Wallace
related to Wound care · 11
Burn → Chemical, Cleaning, Early, If, In, It, Second-degree, Silver, Some, There, While
related to General and cited references · 10
Burn → American Burn Association, April, Archived, Chicago, Dataset Version, March, National Burn Repository, PDF, Report, Retrieved
related to Management · 10
Burn → As, Hyperbaric, If, In, People, Protein, Resuscitation, This, United States, With
related to Non-accidental · 10
Burn → An, Bride, Deliberate, In, In Pakistan, India, It, Other, Reasons, Self-immolation

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burns may skin occur injury injuries pain common children cause risk result also water fire often require used tbsa evidence

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BurnCausesHeat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, radiation1.00infobox
BurnComplicationsInfection1.00infobox
BurnDeaths176,000 (2015)1.00infobox
BurnDurationDays to weeks1.00infobox
BurnFrequency67 million (2015)1.00infobox
BurnMedicationPain medication, intravenous fluids, tetanus toxoid1.00infobox
BurnRisk factorsOpen cooking fires, unsafe cooking stoves, smoking, alcoholism, dangerous work environment1.00infobox
BurnSpecialtyDermatology, critical care medicine, plastic surgery1.00infobox
BurnSymptomsFirst degree: Red without blisters Second degree: Blisters and pain Third degree: Area stiff and not painful Fourth degree: Bone and tendon loss1.00infobox
BurnTreatmentDepends on the severity1.00infobox
BurnTypesFirst degree, second degree, third degree, fourth degree1.00infobox
Burnis ainjury to skin0.90text

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