Citation

Sen S. Burns Trauma 2017; 5: e31.

Affiliation

Division of Burn Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, Sacramento, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, China, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s41038-017-0097-5

PMID

29119122

PMCID

PMC5664440

Abstract

Smoke inhalation injury can cause severe physiologic perturbations. In pediatric patients, these perturbations cause profound changes in cardiac and pulmonary physiology. In this review, we examine the pathology, early management options, ventilator strategy, and long-term outcomes in pediatric patients who have suffered a smoke inhalation injury.

Language: en

Keywords

Carbon monoxide; Children; Inhalation injury; Smoke inhalation; Ventilator management