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Quemaduras
Nombres alternativos:
Quemaduras de segundo grado; quemadura de primer grado; quemadura de tercer grado.
SÃntomas:
- Ampollas
- Dolor (el grado de éste no está relacionado con la gravedad de la quemadura, ya que las quemaduras más graves pueden ser indoloras)
- Peladuras en la piel
- Enrojecimiento de la piel
- Shock : se debe observar si hay palidez y piel frÃa y húmeda, debilidad, labios y uñas azuladas y disminución de la capacidad de estar alerta
- Inflamación
- Piel blanca o carbonizada
Los sÃntomas de quemaduras en las vÃas respiratorias son:
- Boca carbonizada, labios quemados
- Quemaduras en la cabeza, cara o cuello
- Sibilancia
- Cambio en la voz
- Dificultad al respirar; tos
- Pelos de la nariz o de las cejas chamuscados
- Moco oscuro o con manchas de carbón
Referencias:
Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5 th Ed. St. Louis, Mo.: London: Mosby; 2002:801-813.
Townsend, Jr., CM, ed. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 17 th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2004:570-591.
Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine . 4 th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2004:749-766.
- Fecha de revisión: 5/11/2006
- Versión en inglés revisada por: Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
- Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.
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