The revolutionary dual cyclone vacuum cleaner — a new cause of digital friction burns in children

Rubin, Philip E.; Starley, Ian F; Jones, R.P.

doi:10.1016/s0305-4179(98)00094-1

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“…Initially reported in 1998, vacuum injuries have resulted in described thumb or hand burns for 12 children. 15–17 Conservative treatment included mupirocin 2% cream, Bactigras, Duoderm, or Mepitel in combination with a protective bandaging of the hand compared with tangential excision and skin grafting employed in 4 cases where surgery was indicated for depth of thermal injury. There were no long-term functional deficits or contracture formation, though follow-up was lacking.…”

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Upper Extremity Friction Burns in the Pediatric Patient: A 10-year Review

Marchalik

Rada

Albino

et al. 2018

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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Background:Upper extremity friction burn due to powered home equipment is a growing problem in the pediatric population. The purpose of this study was to review the etiology, presentation, characteristics, and treatment of this particular type of pediatric mechanism of injury.Methods:A retrospective chart review using International Classification of Diseases, version 9, codes for patients treated at a large tertiary care, free-standing children’s hospital was performed to identify all patients presenting with an upper extremity friction burn from 2003 to 2012.Results:Sixty-nine patients sustained upper extremity friction burns. The average age at the time of injury was 3.3 years (range, 0.7–10.6) with presentation to our center occurring 16.6 days (range, 0–365 days) following injury. Mean follow-up was 23.3 months (range, 2–104). Mechanism of injury included treadmills (n = 63) and vacuum cleaners (n = 6). Twenty-eight operations were performed on 21 patients (30%). All patients requiring a surgical intervention sustained injury via treadmill mechanism (P = 0.0001). Unlike treadmill burns, vacuum cleaner injuries affected the dorsal hand or a single digit (P = 0.00004). Scar hyperpigmentation was more prevalent in these patients compared with the treadmill group (P = 0.003). All vacuum-induced burn patients had full range of motion and function with conservative treatment alone, whereas only 55.6% of treadmill burn patients had full recovery of range of motion and 50.8% recovery of full hand function.Conclusions:Friction burns from vacuum cleaners are less prevalent, have different injury patterns, and can be treated conservatively with excellent functional outcomes. Treadmill friction burns result in more significant injury and risk for dysfunction, requiring surgical intervention.

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“…There were no long-term functional deficits or contracture formation, though follow-up was lacking. 15–17…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Upper Extremity Friction Burns in the Pediatric Patient: A 10-year Review

Marchalik

Rada

Albino

et al. 2018

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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“…1 In this case there was a full thickness burn to the hand of a young child. The only other related report was an 1984 paper 2 on electric burns to the mouth from defective Bakelite plugs on vacuum cleaners.…”

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Hand injuries in young children from contact with vacuum cleaners

Macgregor

2002

Emergency Medicine Journal

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“…The situation becomes even more serious during cleaning the dust filters, emptying the reusable fabric dust bags or replacing the disposable dust bags. Inhalation of ultrafine particles may lead to severe health problems, such as asthma, allergies, lung cancer, respiratory diseases, birth defects, etc., as already stated and reported by many researchers . Efficient filters capable of capturing ultrafine particles were developed, but still are limited to high‐end models only.…”

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Experimental Approach to an Efficient and Versatile Water Filtration Vacuum Cleaner

Bakry

2017

Chem Eng & Technol

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A simple and robust suction technique is proposed for vacuum cleaning based on an innovative water filtration method for dry, wet, and water swab modes. The technique relies on applying vacuum above the free surface of water to drive the dust‐laden airstream to be released at constant depth below the water surface. Unlike conventional vacuum cleaner types, experimental measurements revealed that a high negative suction pressure availability and low exhaust air temperature with negligible and irrelevant increase in humidity levels were maintained regardless of the filling state. The proposed technique thus ensures more efficient utilization and conservation of energy.

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The revolutionary dual cyclone vacuum cleaner — a new cause of digital friction burns in children

Cited by 7 publications

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Upper Extremity Friction Burns in the Pediatric Patient: A 10-year Review

Upper Extremity Friction Burns in the Pediatric Patient: A 10-year Review

Hand injuries in young children from contact with vacuum cleaners

Experimental Approach to an Efficient and Versatile Water Filtration Vacuum Cleaner

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