Gamuts

Burn

A burn is a type of injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation (like sunburn). Most burns are due to heat from hot liquids (called scalding), solids, or fire. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Is A
Thermal injury
Subtypes
Severe burn
May Cause
Abdominal wall calcification
Acute diffuse fine reticular lung opacities
Avascular necrosis
Cone-shaped epiphysis
Contracted hand
Contracture of a digit
Diffuse tracheal narrowing
Distal tapering of short tubular bones of the hands and feet
Hypoproteinemia
Immobilization
Intra-articular calcification
Limb asymmetry
Lymphedema
Metaphyseal cupping
Periarticular calcification
Pulmonary edema
Regional osteoporosis
Renal cortical necrosis
Small thymus in an infant
Syndactyly
Upper airway obstruction in a child
Is A
Thermal injury
Subtypes
Severe burn
May Cause
Abdominal wall calcification
Acute diffuse fine reticular lung opacities
Avascular necrosis
Cone-shaped epiphysis
Contracted hand
Contracture of a digit
Diffuse tracheal narrowing
Distal tapering of short tubular bones of the hands and feet
Hypoproteinemia
Immobilization
Intra-articular calcification
Limb asymmetry
Lymphedema
Metaphyseal cupping
Periarticular calcification
Pulmonary edema
Regional osteoporosis
Renal cortical necrosis
Small thymus in an infant
Syndactyly
Upper airway obstruction in a child


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