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Severe burn injury associated with misuse of forced-air warming device

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  1. Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Uskudar, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

    Günalp Uzun & Mesut Mutluoglu

  2. Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Uskudar, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

    Rahmi Evinc

  3. Department of Surgery, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Uskudar, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

    Yavuz Ozdemir

  4. Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Uskudar, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

    Hüseyin Sen

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Uzun, G., Mutluoglu, M., Evinc, R. et al. Severe burn injury associated with misuse of forced-air warming device. J Anesth 24, 980–981 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-010-1031-1

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