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eschar

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eschar [′es·kər]
(geology)
esker
(medicine)
A dry crust or slough, especially one formed after a thermal or chemical burn.
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Eschar biopsies and removed eschars have been used for PCR confirmation of rickettsial and scrub typhus infections (7).
Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by ... by Wang, Jin-Mei; Hudson, Bernard J.; Watts, Matthew R.; Karagiannis, Tom; Fisher, Noel J.; Anderson, C / Emerging Infectious Diseases
1) Additional factors associated with improved outcome of infection include early burn eschar excision and grafting.
Infection is one of the commonest causes of death in burn patients, ... by Rode, H.; Vale, I.Do; Millar, A.J.W. / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
4 These include the well-known stages I to IV and a category termed "unstageable," which refers to situations in which the extent of the pressure ulcer cannot be seen, such as when the ulcer base is covered with eschar.
Pressure Ulcers and Occipital Alopecia in Operation Iraqi Freedom ... by Jeffrey J MD, PhD Harrow and S Lea ARNP Rashka and Shirley G PhD Fitzgerald and Audrey L PhD, RN Nel / Military Medicine
 
 
 
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