Citation

Sheridan RL. New Engl. J. Med. 2016; 375(5): 464-469.

Affiliation

From the Burn Service, Shriners Hospital for Children, the Division of Burns, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School - all in Boston.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMra1601128

PMID

27518664

Abstract

Fire-related inhalation injury results from a combination of direct exposures, systemic effects of inhaled toxins, accrual of endobronchial debris, and secondary infection. This brief review discusses the pathogenesis of and approach to fire-related inhalation injury.

Language: en