Upper and lower airways obstruction following an inhalation injury

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 594-595

  Brooks, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLEXIBLE LARYNGOSCOPE; IRRITANT INDUCED RHINITIS; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; LUNG BURN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POPCORN WORKER LUNG; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SMELLING DISORDER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; DIACETYL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILO FILLER'S DISEASE; SMELL;

EID: 84879168640     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318229a68f     Document Type: Review

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