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The Impact of Face and Neck Burns on Respiratory Complications and Mortality [PDF]
European Burn JournalFace and neck burns present significant clinical challenges due to their proximity to the airway, predisposing patients to inhalation injuries and subsequent respiratory complications.
Rares-Adrian Giurgiu +9 more
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Applied Medical InformaticsIntroduction: Severe burns affect multiple organ systems, triggering catabolic reactions in the body. Advances in burn care and antimicrobial therapies improve survival rates, but inhalation injuries significantly reduce survival rates, accounting for up
Virgiliu MANOLE +2 more
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Chronic obstructive lung disease after ammonia inhalation burns: a report of two cases [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2022 Anhydrous ammonia is a commonly used chemical in industry. Ammonia gas inhalation causes thermal injuries and alkali burns in the airway and lung parenchyma. Previous case reports have stated that respiratory sequelae after acute ammonia inhalation burns
Insu Kim +6 more
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Juxta: Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga, 2022 Introduction: Inhalation injury is one of burns impact. Airway burns due to inhalation injury is a non-specific term which refer to all respiratory tract injuries occurred due to irritative chemicals, including heat and smoke during inspiration ...
Salsabilla Gina Rania +3 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Objective: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to comprehensively estimate the incidence and mortality of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in overall and subgroups of patients with burns.Data sources: Pubmed, Embase, the Cochrane
Baoli Wang +13 more
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Does inhalation injury predict mortality in burns patients or require redefinition? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Inhalation injury is known to be an important factor in predicting mortality in burns patients. However, the diagnosis is complicated by the heterogeneous presentation and inability to determine the severity of inhalation injury.
Youngmin Kim +6 more
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Burns Open, 2023 Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics of alcohol-flame burns and the correlation with COVID-19 epidemic. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the medical records of 134 patients with alcohol-flame burns who were admitted to the
Lan Xiaodong +7 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background With the increase of geriatric burns, it’s urgent to summarize its characteristics. The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of older adults with burns in a large center, and to provide suggestions ...
Hong Wu, Maomao Xi, Weiguo Xie
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Heliyon, 2022 Objective: This study was performed to describe the epidemiology of patients with severe burns hospitalized in a burn intensive care unit (BICU), explore the risk factors associated with the patients’ outcomes and evaluate the ability of prognostic ...
Cheng Wang +5 more
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Bronchoscopy-derived correlates of lung injury following inhalational injuries: a prospective observational study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Acute lung injury (ALI) is a major factor determining morbidity following burns and inhalational injury. In experimental models, factors potentially contributing to ALI risk include inhalation of toxins directly causing cell damage; inflammation; and ...
Samuel W Jones +13 more
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