TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Extensive burn injury caused by fundamental electronic cigarette design flaw
JO  - Annals of burns and fire disasters
A1  - Bohr, S.
A1  - Almarzouqi, F.
A1  - Pallua, N.
SP  - 231
EP  - 233
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
N2  - Currently, electronic cigarette (EC) devices are widely used as an alternative to conventional smoking. The underlying technical principle is an electric coil-based vaporizer unit, which vaporizes various solutions for inhalation purposes with a rechargeable lithium battery unit as power source. We report a case of extensive burn injury resulting from the thermal explosion of a battery unit within an EC device. Though internal thermal instabilities of lithium ion batteries are a known safety issue, the unique feature here is a pronounced amplification of the extent of burn injury due to an additional scalding burn mechanism that resulted from heating of the liquid reservoir adjacent to the battery. Thus, we demonstrate a relevant design flaw in various EC devices, which in the authors' opinion needs to be addressed both by manufacturers and safety regulations.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1592-9558
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -