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dc.contributor.authorWong, Anselmen
dc.contributor.authorGreene, Shaun Len
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Jeffen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-16T01:02:53Z
dc.date.available2015-05-16T01:02:53Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-19en
dc.identifier.citationEmergency Medicine Australasia : EMA 2011; 24(1): 98-101en
dc.identifier.govdoc22313566en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/11438en
dc.description.abstractTo determine the epidemiology of hydrofluoric acid (HF) exposures, over an extended time period, in Victoria, Australia.Retrospective case review of all HF exposures from calls to the Victorian Poisons Information Centre (VPIC) from June 2005 to February 2011.The VPIC received calls regarding 75 separate HF exposures (approximately 12 per year). The majority 68 (91%) of calls related to male patients. Sixty-nine (92%) calls related to adults, six (8%) to children (<12 years) and none to the elderly (>65 years age). Fifty-three per cent of exposures occurred at the workplace. Dermal exposures comprised 54 (72%). Forty-six (85%) of these resulted from hand contact, six (11%) arm and two (4%) legs. The second most common exposure was ocular 11 (15%). More than half of exposures involved HF concentrations of 10% or less. Of the dermal exposures treated in EDs, 16% required calcium treatment in a form other than gel. Overall poisoning severity was mild (79% of cases Poisoning Severity Score of 0 or 1). Health professionals were the most frequent callers (53% of all cases).Calls to the VPIC regarding HF are relatively rare, but almost all calls regarding HF taken by the VPIC required hospital evaluation. The majority of exposures were accidental occupational dermal exposures in male adults and most of these were minor, requiring topical calcium gel only. Small exposures with higher concentrated HF can be fatal; however, there were no cases of severe toxicity in the present study.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otherAdolescenten
dc.subject.otherAdulten
dc.subject.otherAgeden
dc.subject.otherChilden
dc.subject.otherFemaleen
dc.subject.otherHumansen
dc.subject.otherHydrofluoric Acid.poisoningen
dc.subject.otherMaleen
dc.subject.otherMiddle Ageden
dc.subject.otherOccupational Exposure.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherPoisoning.epidemiology.etiologyen
dc.subject.otherRetrospective Studiesen
dc.subject.otherVictoria.epidemiologyen
dc.subject.otherYoung Adulten
dc.titleHydrofluoric acid poisoning: data from the Victorian Poisons Information Centre.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleEmergency Medicine Australasia : EMAen
dc.identifier.affiliationVictorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01485.xen
dc.description.pages98-101en
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22313566en
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
local.name.researcherGreene, Shaun L
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crisitem.author.deptToxicology-
crisitem.author.deptEmergency-
crisitem.author.deptVictorian Poisons Information Centre-
crisitem.author.deptEmergency-
crisitem.author.deptToxicology-
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