Citation

Ho WS, To EW, Chan ES, King WW. Burns 1998; 24(8): 757-759.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9915679

Abstract

Thinner sniffing is popular among school children in Asian countries because it is readily available at low cost. Besides its toxicity to major organs, thinner inhalation is associated with various burn accidents. Four teenagers were admitted to the Burns Unit of the Prince of Wales Hospital over the period of 1996-1997. They sustained 3-25% TBSA flame burn and two of them had inhalation injuries as a result of the ignition of a cigarette during thinner sniffing. None of them had evidence of thinner intoxication as shown by blood tests. In the management of their acute burn injuries, their hidden social and family problems were explored. With the cooperation of different disciplines, early psychosocial intervention was given and their behavioral and psychological disturbances were successfully managed.

Language: en