@article{ref1,
title="Full-thickness burns due to contact with gastric acid",
journal="Emergency nurse",
year="2019",
author="Fenwick, Rob and Price, Rebecca",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This article describes the case of a 33-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sustained a full-thickness burn to his thorax as a result of lying in gastric acid that had leaked from a damaged percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tube. The patient required referral to a tertiary burns centre for specialist management. The article highlights the potential harm caused by gastric acid and why some patients may be particularly vulnerable to such injuries.<br><br>© 2019 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1354-5752",
doi="10.7748/en.2019.e1941",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/en.2019.e1941"
}