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Smoke Inhalation Injury
- Source :
- Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 22:013-022
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2001.
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Abstract
- Smoke inhalation injuries are the leading cause of fatalities from burn injury. The major forms of inhalation injuries are carbon monoxide toxicity, injury to the upper airway, and pulmonary parenchymal damage. The compromised airway is protected by tracheal intubation, and respiratory failure is treated with assisted ventilation. Maintenance of good pulmonary hygiene, optomized fluid resuscitation, and routine invasive hemodynamic monitoring are the mainstays of therapy. The development of acute pulmonary insufficiency, pulmonary edema, or bronchopneumonia requires a comprehensive approach to all aspects of the illness. Acute pathophysiologic responses to inhalation injury are complex. Future therapies will target improved ventilatory strategies and the redundant host inflammatory response.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Burn injury
Smoke Inhalation Injury
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Smoke inhalation
Tracheal intubation
Pulmonary insufficiency
respiratory system
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Pulmonary edema
medicine.disease
Respiratory failure
Anesthesia
medicine
Pulmonary hygiene
Intensive care medicine
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10989048 and 10693424
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f49d4ceca81ffb8cc93a1b74a64149ea