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Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report

Frostbite is a tissue injury secondary to freezing that can currently be categorized using two schemes (Cauchy and clinical scheme). However, we present a fourth-degree frostbite case with overlapping features between both classifications, generating difficulty in categorizing it using either. We wa...

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Autores principales: Quiroz Alfaro, Alejandro J, Rodríguez Acosta, Iván Javier, Cardona, José D, Herrera Ortiz, Andrés Felipe
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Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9358912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35949445
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27771
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description Frostbite is a tissue injury secondary to freezing that can currently be categorized using two schemes (Cauchy and clinical scheme). However, we present a fourth-degree frostbite case with overlapping features between both classifications, generating difficulty in categorizing it using either. We wanted to raise awareness of such an atypical presentation and propose employing both classifications to define the extent and compromise of frostbite more appropriately.
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spelling pubmed-93589122022-08-09 Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report Quiroz Alfaro, Alejandro J Rodríguez Acosta, Iván Javier Cardona, José D Herrera Ortiz, Andrés Felipe Cureus Internal Medicine Frostbite is a tissue injury secondary to freezing that can currently be categorized using two schemes (Cauchy and clinical scheme). However, we present a fourth-degree frostbite case with overlapping features between both classifications, generating difficulty in categorizing it using either. We wanted to raise awareness of such an atypical presentation and propose employing both classifications to define the extent and compromise of frostbite more appropriately. Cureus 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9358912/ /pubmed/35949445 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27771 Text en Copyright © 2022, Quiroz Alfaro et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Quiroz Alfaro, Alejandro J
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Cardona, José D
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Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report
title Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report
title_full Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report
title_fullStr Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report
title_short Severe Frostbite Due to Extreme Altitude Climbing in South America: A Case Report
title_sort severe frostbite due to extreme altitude climbing in south america: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9358912/
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