Fire-related inhalation injury

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 464-469

  Sheridan, Robert L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ANOXIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BURN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIRECT THERMAL DAMAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION INJURY; INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMAL INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BURNS, INHALATION;

BRONCHOSCOPY; BURNS, INHALATION; FIRES; HUMANS;

EID: 84982090951     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1601128     Document Type: Review

References (29)

1. Aub JC, Pittman H, Brues AM. The pulmonary complications: a clinical description. Ann Surg 1943; 117: 834-40.
2. Veeravagu A, Yoon BC, Jiang B, et al. National trends in burn and inhalation injury in burn patients: results of analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. J Burn Care Res 2015; 36: 258-65.
3. Ryan CM, Schoenfeld DA, Thorpe WP, Sheridan RL, Cassem EH, Tompkins RG. Objective estimates of the probability of death from burn injuries. N Engl J Med 1998;338:362-6.
4. Shirani KZ, Pruitt BA Jr, Mason AD Jr. The influence of inhalation injury and pneumonia on burn mortality. Ann Surg 1987;205:82-7.
5. Albright JM, Davis CS, Bird MD, et al. The acute pulmonary inflammatory response to the graded severity of smoke inhalation injury. Crit Care Med 2012; 40: 1113-21.
6. Endorf FW, Gamelli RL. Inhalation injury, pulmonary perturbations, and fluid resuscitation. J Burn Care Res 2007; 28: 80-3.
7. Guzman JA. Carbon monoxide poisoning. Crit Care Clin 2012; 28: 537-48.
8. Barillo DJ, Goode R, Esch V. Cyanide poisoning in victims of fire: analysis of 364 cases and review of the literature. J Burn Care Rehabil 1994; 15: 46-57.
9. Ryan CM, Fagan SP, Goverman J, Sheridan RL. Grading inhalation injury by admission bronchoscopy. Crit Care Med 2012;40:1345-6.
10. Hassan Z, Wong JK, Bush J, Bayat A, Dunn KW. Assessing the severity of inhalation injuries in adults. Burns 2010; 36: 212-6.
11. Spano S, Hanna S, Li Z, Wood D, Car-totto R. Does bronchoscopic evaluation of inhalation injury severity predict outcome? J Burn Care Res 2016; 37: 1-11.
12. Putman CE, Loke J, Matthay RA, Ravin CE. Radiographic manifestations of acute smoke inhalation. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1977; 129: 865-70.
13. Shiau YC, Liu FY, Tsai JJ, Wang JJ, Ho ST, Kao A. Usefulness of technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime lung scan to detect inhalation lung injury of patients with pulmonary symptoms/signs but negative chest radiograph and pulmonary function test findings after a fire accident - a preliminary report. Ann Nucl Med 2003;17:435-8.
14. Yamamura H, Morioka T, Hagawa N, Yamamoto T, Mizobata Y. Computed tomo-graphic assessment of airf low obstruction in smoke inhalation injury: relationship with the development of pneumonia and injury severity. Burns 2015; 41: 1428-34.
15. Roderique JD, Josef CS, Feldman MJ, Spiess BD. A modern literature review of carbon monoxide poisoning theories, therapies, and potential targets for therapy advancement. Toxicology 2015;334:45-58.
16. Sheridan RL, Shank ES. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment: a brief overview of a controversial topic. J Trauma 1999; 47: 426-35.
17. Buckley NA, Juurlink DN, Isbister G, Bennett MH, Lavonas EJ. Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011; 4: CD002041.
18. Dumestre D, Nickerson D. Use of cyanide antidotes in burn patients with suspected inhalation injuries in North America: a cross-sectional survey. J Burn Care Res 2014;35(2):e112-7.
19. Anseeuw K, Delvau N, Burillo-Putze G, et al. Cyanide poisoning by fire smoke inhalation: a European expert consensus. Eur J Emerg Med 2013; 20: 2-9.
20. Peck MD, Koppelman T. Low-tidal-volume ventilation as a strategy to reduce ventilator-associated injury in ALI and ARDS. J Burn Care Res 2009; 30: 172-5.
21. Al Ashry HS, Mansour G, Kalil AC, Walters RW, Vivekanandan R. Incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in burn patients with inhalation injury treated with high frequency percussive ventilation versus volume control ventilation: a systematic review. Burns 2016 March 26 (Epub ahead of print).
22. Sousse LE, Herndon DN, Andersen CR, et al. High tidal volume decreases adult respiratory distress syndrome, atelecta-sis, and ventilator days compared with low tidal volume in pediatric burned patients with inhalation injury. J Am Coll Surg 2015;220:570-8.
23. Carr JA, Crowley N. Prophylactic sequential bronchoscopy after inhalation injury: results from a three-year prospective randomized trial. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2013;39:177-83.
24. Miller AC, Elamin EM, Suffredini AF. Inhaled anticoagulation regimens for the treatment of smoke inhalation-associated acute lung injury: a systematic review. Crit Care Med 2014;42:413-9.
25. Kashefi NS, Nathan JI, Dissanaike S. Does a nebulized heparin/N-acetylcysteine protocol improve outcomes in adult smoke inhalation? Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2014;2(6):e165.
26. Rosenberg M, Ramirez M, Epperson K, et al. Comparison of long-term qualit y of life of pediatric burn survivors with and without inhalation injury. Burns 2015; 41: 721-6.
27. Bourbeau J, Lacasse Y, Rouleau MY, Boucher S. Combined smoke inhalation and body surface burns injury does not necessarily imply long-term respiratory health consequences. Eur Respir J 1996; 9: 1470-4.
28. Palmieri TL. Long term outcomes after inhalation injury. J Burn Care Res 2009;30:201-3.
29. Gaissert HA, Lofgren RH, Grillo HC. Upper airway compromise after inhalation injury: complex strictures of the larynx and trachea and their management. Ann Surg 1993;218:672-8.