Cold injuries

Cold injuries

Cold injuries are principally divided into two types: acute cold injuries from industrial accidents and frostbite. Exposure to liquid petroleum gas (LPG), liquid nitro - gen and other such liquids will cause epidermal and dermal destruction. The tissue is more resistant to cold injury than to heat injury , and the inflammatory reaction is not as marked. The assessment of depth of injury is more di ffi cult, so it is rare to make the decision for surgery early . Frostbite injuries a ff ect the peripheries in cold climates. - The initial treatment is with rapid rewarming in a bath at - 42°C. The cold injury produces delayed microvascular dam - age similar to tha t of ischaemia–reperfusion injury . The level of damage is di ffi cult to assess, and surgery usually does not - play a role in its management, which is conservative, until there is absolute demarcation of the le vel of injury . - Cold injuries

Cold injuries are principally divided into two types: acute cold injuries from industrial accidents and frostbite. Exposure to liquid petroleum gas (LPG), liquid nitro - gen and other such liquids will cause epidermal and dermal destruction. The tissue is more resistant to cold injury than to heat injury , and the inflammatory reaction is not as marked. The assessment of depth of injury is more di ffi cult, so it is rare to make the decision for surgery early . Frostbite injuries a ff ect the peripheries in cold climates. - The initial treatment is with rapid rewarming in a bath at - 42°C. The cold injury produces delayed microvascular dam - age similar to tha t of ischaemia–reperfusion injury . The level of damage is di ffi cult to assess, and surgery usually does not - play a role in its management, which is conservative, until there is absolute demarcation of the le vel of injury . - Cold injuries

Cold injuries are principally divided into two types: acute cold injuries from industrial accidents and frostbite. Exposure to liquid petroleum gas (LPG), liquid nitro - gen and other such liquids will cause epidermal and dermal destruction. The tissue is more resistant to cold injury than to heat injury , and the inflammatory reaction is not as marked. The assessment of depth of injury is more di ffi cult, so it is rare to make the decision for surgery early . Frostbite injuries a ff ect the peripheries in cold climates. - The initial treatment is with rapid rewarming in a bath at - 42°C. The cold injury produces delayed microvascular dam - age similar to tha t of ischaemia–reperfusion injury . The level of damage is di ffi cult to assess, and surgery usually does not - play a role in its management, which is conservative, until there is absolute demarcation of the le vel of injury . -