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Inhalants

Critical Care Clinics, 2021
Toxic inhalants include various xenobiotics. Irritants cause upper and lower respiratory tract injuries. Highly water-soluble agents injure the upper respiratory tract, while low water-soluble inhalants injure the lower track. Asphyxiants are divided into simple asphyxiants and chemical asphyxiants.
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Inhalation Injury: Smoke Inhalation

The American Journal of Nursing, 1980
noxious gases and particles which can produce such symptoms as hypoxemia, as well as orolaryngeal, tracheal, and pulmonary irritation and damage. Some of these gases are systemically toxic and some are toxic only to the lungs. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a systemically toxic gas produced from combustion; it is not a pulmonary irritant.
S F, Gaston, L L, Schumann
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Smoke Inhalation

Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice, 2006
Unfortunately, fires are common events both in urban and rural portions of the United States. Smoke inhalation is the leading fire-related cause of death. The elemental combustion products of fire are light, heat, and smoke. Smoke is a very complex mixture of potentially harmful substances.
Kevin T, Fitzgerald, Aryn A, Flood
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Ammonia Inhalation

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1985
Because of the widespread use of ammonia in industry and agriculture there is a growing opportunity for ammonia burns to occur. Two fatal cases are presented. The injury is thermal as well as chemical, to skin, eyes, airway and lungs. Prompt (5-10 seconds) irrigation of the eyes is required, and immediate treatment of airway and pulmonary injuries ...
R, Arwood, J, Hammond, G G, Ward
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Inhalation toxicology

2010
Inhalation of gases, vapors and aerosols can cause a wide range of adverse health effects, ranging from simple irritation to systemic diseases. The large number of chemicals and complex mixtures present in indoor and outdoor air coupled with the introduction of new materials such as nanoparticles and nanofibers, is an area of growing concern for human ...
Hayes, Amanda, Bakand, Shahnaz
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The inhalants: An overview

Psychosomatics, 1983
Abstract Current inhalant abuse involves anesthetics, solvents, and some aerosols. About 7 million Americans have experimented with them. Nitrous oxide, halothane, and amyl nitrite are popular inhalants of abuse among adolescents today. The author examines trends and patterns in use, adverse effects, and aspects of treatment and prevention.
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Inhalation Injury

Seminars in Plastic Surgery
AbstractInhalation injury is a critical component of thermal injury that can significantly increase mortality in burn survivors. This poses significant challenges to managing these patients and profoundly impacts patient outcomes. This comprehensive literature review delves into the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, classification, management ...
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Inhalation Injury

AACN Advanced Critical Care, 1993
Inhalation injury remains a primary determinant of patient survival, with 60% to 70% of burn center fatalities attributed to the pulmonary complications of inhalation injury. Substantial airway damage and pulmonary complications can result from the inhalation of toxic fumes and gases found in smoke.
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