Inhalation injury from heat, smoke, or chemical irritants
2023年10月6日 · Physical findings include burns to the face, singed nasal vibrissae, soot in the oropharynx, nasal passages, proximal airways, and carbonaceous sputum . Other signs of …
Smoke Inhalation Injury - Medscape
2021年10月15日 · Smoke inhalation is the leading cause of death due to fires. It produces injury through several mechanisms, including thermal injury to the upper airway, irritation or chemical...
Understanding Inhalation Injury - NUEM Blog
2016年11月7日 · Carbonaceous sputum (Fig. 1) Edema/erythema/blisters to oropharynx; Stridor/wheezing/coughing; Significant facial or neck burns. In addition, the physical location in …
Smoke Inhalation Injury: Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and …
FOB can be used to identify soot/carbonaceous material and suction it out and has a high positive and negative predictive value to diagnose smoke inhalation injury. The patency of the airway …
INHALATION INJURY: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Key factors in diagnosis from history would be: mechanism (flame and smoke or steam), exposure (duration), location (enclosed space), disability. For the physical exam: facial burns, singed …
Smoke Inhalation - Smoke Inhalation - Merck Manual Professional Edition
Smoke inhalation is suspected in patients with respiratory symptoms, a history of confinement in a burning environment, or carbonaceous sputum. Perioral burns and singed nasal hair may also …
Smoke Inhalation Injury Treatment & Management - Medscape
2021年10月15日 · Be aware of pertinent historical risk factors when treating patients with potential smoke inhalation injury. These include closed-space fires, carbonaceous sputum, elevated …
Smoke Inhalation Injury Clinical Presentation - Medscape
2021年10月15日 · Thus, facial burns, hoarseness, stridor, upper airway injury with mucosal lesions identified upon oral examination or bronchoscopy, and carbonaceous sputum are …
Smoke inhalation injury: a narrative review - PMC
Hydroxocobalamin should be used as early as possible in patients exposed to smoke (with the presence of traces of soot in their mouth, pharynx, or sputum), with neurological disorders …
Inhalation Injury - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年6月12日 · Physical examination should include looking for facial burns, such as loss of facial and intranasal hair as well as carbonaceous material or soot in the mouth or sputum. …