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Revisión del 22:47 9 mar 2015
Background
- Airbag deployment can cause caustic injuries from aerosolized ALKALI including sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate
- Additional mechanisms of injury from direct contact, quick deceleration, flexion and or hyperextension depending on seat belt use
Clinical Features
Burns
- Usually minor
- Related to direct contact with skin or heat from melted clothing
- Deployment releases small amount of alkali
- Skin burns are usually minor
- Ocular burns require irrigation, pH testing and ophto f/u
- Long-term sequelae are rare
Ocular Injuries
- Chemical keratitis
- Corneal Abrasion
Cervical and Thoracic Spine Injuries
Cardiac Rupture
Differential Diagnosis
Caustic Burns
- Caustic ingestion
- Caustic eye exposure (Caustic keratoconjunctivitis)
- Caustic dermal burn
- Airbag-related burns
- Hydrofluoric acid
- Tar burn
- Cement burn
Workup
Physical Exam, slit lamp
Management
- Skin: basic burn care
- Eye: copious irrigation, pH testing, ophthalmology consult
Disposition
See Also
Sources
- Tintaneli 7th ed p1297, 1385
- Brodovsky SC, et al: Management of alkali burns: An 11-year retrospective review. Ophthalmology 2000; 107:1829-1835
- Advance Trauma Life Support, Student Course Manual, 9th edition, pg126