Electronic cigarette burns: A case series

Background There have been many reports of electronic cigarette burns and lithium ion battery explosions leading to property and/or bodily damage, but there is a paucity of data about these injuries in the medical literature. We present a series of patients treated for electronic cigarette burns and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trauma (London, England) England), 2019-04, Vol.21 (2), p.103-106
Hauptverfasser: Gibson, Cameron JS, Eshraghi, Niknam, Kemalyan, Nathan A, Mueller, Charles
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Background There have been many reports of electronic cigarette burns and lithium ion battery explosions leading to property and/or bodily damage, but there is a paucity of data about these injuries in the medical literature. We present a series of patients treated for electronic cigarette burns and lithium ion explosions and review the literature. Methods Patients treated for electronic cigarette burns between January 2012 and December 2016 were identified. Patients were included if they suffered injuries from either an electronic cigarette device or from batteries used in the devices. Data were collected on the mode of injury, depth, size, and location of the burn, whether or not they had any surgeries and length to recovery. Results Fourteen patients were treated for electronic cigarette burns between 2012 and 2016. Burn size ranged from
ISSN:1460-4086
1477-0350
DOI:10.1177/1460408617738812