Burns with inhalation injury and petrol aspiration in adolescents seeking euphoria through hydrocarbon inhalation

We have recently managed four adolescent boys severely injured while aspirating petrol to achieve euphoria. This is a practice that occurs sporadically in this group in which alcohol and drugs are more difficult to procure by reason of their age and fiscal resources. The injuries sustained included...

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Published in:Burns 1996-11, Vol.22 (7), p.566-567
Main Author: Sheridan, R.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Burns, Inhalation - etiology
Burns, Inhalation - physiopathology
Burns, Inhalation - therapy
Drug addictions
Euphoria
Fatal Outcome
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hydrocarbons
Injury Severity Score
Male
Medical sciences
Petroleum
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Toxicology
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Summary:We have recently managed four adolescent boys severely injured while aspirating petrol to achieve euphoria. This is a practice that occurs sporadically in this group in which alcohol and drugs are more difficult to procure by reason of their age and fiscal resources. The injuries sustained included extensive burns all with associated severe inhalation injury secondary to smoke and products of combustion, complicated by hydrocarbon pneumonitis.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/0305-4179(96)00019-8