A Comparative Study of Tissue Injury Grades, with Clinical Factors, in Patients with Hydrofluoric Acid Burns who Received Intra-arterial Infusion of Calcium Gluconate
After completion of all treatments, 22 of the 33 patients were included in the good outcome group and seven in the moderate outcome group; the remaining four patients were included in the poor outcome group, as they met the above-mentioned criteria, experienced longer-lasting pain, and were more frequently treated with injection in comparison with the other patients.
CONCLUSION:
Patients with HFA burns with long-term painwho need frequent arterial injections despite undergoing intra-arterial calcium gluconatetreatment are likely to have poor outcome; therefore, they require more proactive interventions.