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2022-09-03

Severe burns associated with inhalation injury

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https://doi.org/10.37980/im.journal.rspp.20221941

Keywords:

quemadura, lesión por inhalación, intoxicación, lesión pulmonar, ventilación mecánica

Abstract

Inhalation injury is one of the risk factors that most contributes to the mortality of burned patients. Mortality associated with smoke inhalation ranges from 48 to 76%, and it has been determined that the mortality associated with burns increases by approximately 20% when combined with inhalation injury. In Panama, specifically in Hospital del Niño, in the last 20 years, 181 inhalation injuries have occurred, with an associated mortality of 1.1%. Therefore, the importance of early detection and aggressive management of this pathology. We present the clinical case of a 9-year-old patient who suffered a 25.5% gasoline thermal burn and inhalation injury referred to our unit.

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