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Severe scalds sustained during steam inhalation therapy in an adult population: Analysis of patient outcomes and the financial burden to healthcare services

BACKGROUND: Steam inhalation therapy (SIT) is a common home remedy for the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections. Literature reports are increasingly discouraging this practice in the paediatric population due to the risk of scalds, however, this is yet to be echoed for adults. METHODS: A...

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Autores principales: Dearden, Alexander S., North, Alexander S., Varma, Sanjay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8851155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35198720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2021.12.004