Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for a pediatric electrical burn: A case report
Laura Marín,
Graciela Fioravanti,
Elisabet Cristaldo,
Carlos Emilio Sereday,
Oscar Merbilhaá,
Mercedes Portas
Affiliations
Laura Marín
Burns Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Graciela Fioravanti
Burns Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elisabet Cristaldo
Burns Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carlos Emilio Sereday
Burns Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oscar Merbilhaá
Burns Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mercedes Portas
Corresponding author at: Burns Hospital of Buenos Aires, Pedro Goyena 369, CABA, CP1424. Hospital de Quemados, Argentina.; Burns Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contact electrical burns are more severe than others forms of contact burn injury. We present a 2- year-old case of electric injury admitted 48 h after injury treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) at 1.45 ATA ≈ 100%O2 like adjuvant therapy. She had thumb necrosis of right hand with 0.2% burn (0.1% type AB and 0.1% type B). After 6 sessions of HBOT, the amputation was limited to necrotic distal phalanx. This is a report of a successful limitation of amputation using escharotomy, skin flap and HBOT as therapeutic approach in a low voltage pediatric electrical burn.
