Outcomes following Traumatic Inhalational Airway Injury – Predictors of Mortality and Effect of Procedural Intervention

Burn injury represents an important yet underappreciated cause of substantial morbidity and mortality. In fact, a recent report estimates that, in 2017, over 480,000 people suffered from burn injuries requiring medical treatment [1, 2]. Smoke inhalation airway injury (IAI) often occurs concomitantly with burn injury and can contribute significantly to increasing morbidity and mortality [3]. Historically, a lack of consensus on how to define IAI made it difficult to accurately measure the incidence of IAI among burn patients with studies suggesting rates between 10% to 47% [4].

Source: Injury - September 17, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Neil N. Luu, Harman S. Parhar, Louis-Xavier Barrette, Kevin Chorath, Alvaro Moreira, Karthik Rajasekaran Source Type: research