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A Standardized Procedure of Dressing Management for Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Published on: March 14, 2025
Severe cutaneous adverse reactions: emergency approach to non-burn epidermolytic syndromes
Manuel Florian Struck1, Peter Hilbert, Maja Mockenhaupt
1Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Burn Trauma Center, Bergmannstrost Hospital, Merseburger Str 165, 06112 Halle/Saale, Germany. manuelstruck@web.de
Introduction:
Although severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs), such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, are rare, they are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Methods:
The current knowledge regarding background, differential diagnoses, critical care and implications for inter-hospital emergency medical service (EMS) transport of these patients is discussed.
Conclusion:
SCAR patients will substantially benefit from early interdisciplinary care and thorough consideration of complications during EMS transport and intensive care treatment.
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