Inhalation injury remains a critical determinant of morbidity and mortality in patients with burn trauma. Characterised by damage to the airways and lung tissue caused by thermal, chemical, and ...

Dr. Guy is a burn Fellow, and Dr. Peck is Director, ... Smoke Inhalation Injury: Pulmonary Implications. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Pulmonary Medicine eJournal 3(2), 1999].

The overall mortality rate for severe burn patients is about 3.3%, but this increases to 20.6% in burn patients with cutaneous burn and inhalation injury, versus 10.5% for inhalation injury alone.

A man suffering burns and smoke inhalation was rescued from a fire at Fairfax Apartments in Delta Township on April 23. Approximately 30 firefighters responded to the blaze, which started in a ...