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R A Duncan1, S Waterston, T F Beattie
1Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK. raduncan@doctors.org.uk
Abstract:
This series highlights a previously unreported hazard for children within the home, hair straightening irons. Thermal injury is a common reason for presentation at the emergency department. Contact burns from domestic irons and hair curling tongs are well documented in the literature. We have become aware of this new hazard in the home, which has resulted in several presentations to our department with deep partial thickness or full thickness burns.
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