The management of a large burn can prove to be extremely challenging. When this is
compounded by the presence of smoke inhalation, the care gets even more complex with a …

Plastic surgeons frequently provide care to patients who have burn injuries and concomitant
smoke inhalation injury (II). About 10% of patients admitted to burn centers have II, which …

Advances in airway management and mechanical ventilation in... : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Advances in airway management and mechanical ventilation in inhalation …

Inhalation injury causes a heterogeneous cascade of insults that increase morbidity and
mortality among the burn population. Despite major advancements in burn care for the past …

There is no greater trauma than a large burn. No single injury affects more organ systems
than a severe burn injury. The subsequent supraphysiologic responses to that injury lead to …

''Nothing is more frustrating for the critical care physician who manages burn patients than to
face another burn patient dying in respiratory failure from smoke inhalation injury. Other than …

Smoke inhalation continues to be a major source of morbidity and mortality in burn patients
despite recent advances in critical care and wound management. 1 Approximately 10% to …

Respiratory insufficiency and its management are one of the defining outcomes in the burn-
injured patient. 1–3 Along with preexisting patient condition and size of the cutaneous injury …

Burn patients are at risk of developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a
result of systemic inflammation, fluid resuscitation, protein loss, prolonged mechanical …

The vast majority of respiratory disorders in thermally injured patients arise from associated
inhalation injuries. The major forms of these injuries are carbon monoxide poisoning, injury …