Severity of inhalation injury is predictive of alterations in gas exchange and worsened clinical outcomes
Journal of Burn Care & Research Jan 23, 2018
Sutton T, et al. - Authors reviewed 161 patients admitted with a diagnosis of Inhalation injury (INH) or underwent diagnostic bronchoscopy for suspected INH over a period of 8.5 years to ascertain the correlation between bronchoscopic evaluation and clinical outcomes. In this study, more severe INH was found to associated with early oxygenation impairments and with more complicated hospitalization, fluid resuscitation requirements, and ventilation demands. Increased morbidity and mortality were seemed to be correlated with and could be predicted with severe INH.
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