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Case Reports
. 2016 Jul;119(7):609-12.
doi: 10.1007/s00113-015-0132-6.

[Fatal hyperpyrexia in an adolescent patient with severe burns after a traffic accident]

[Article in German]
T Jaehn  1 , R Sievers  2 , A Junger  3 , F Graunke  2 , A Blings  3 , B Reichert  2
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[Fatal hyperpyrexia in an adolescent patient with severe burns after a traffic accident]

[Article in German]
T Jaehn et al. Unfallchirurg. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

After a motorcycle accident a 16-year-old patient suffered severe burns to 40.5 % of the total body surface area (TBSA) of which 37 % were deep subdermal burns. After tangential and partly epifascial necrosectomy, Integra® was used as a temporary dermis replacement material for the lower extremities, combined with extensive negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). In the further course of the treatment the patient developed uncontrollable hyperpyrexia with a fatal outcome. Possible influencing factors, such as the dermis replacement material combined with NPWT over large areas as well as the differential diagnoses propofol infusion syndrome, heatstroke and malignant hyperthermia are discussed.

Keywords: Burns; Dermis replacement; Hyperpyrexia; Negative pressure wound therapy; Propofol infusion syndrome.

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