Smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning in children.
This article reviews the mechanisms of pulmonary injury associated with smoke inhalation and the pathophysiology of carbon monoxide poisoning. In addition, the temporal stages of pulmonary injury and evaluation and treatment of the pediatric patient are discussed. Maintaining a high index of suspicion when treating the victim of a house fire or other closed-space thermal injury will allow the emergency clinician to offer the most effective therapy to the child in the first four hours after thermal injury.
D000818:Animals; D002059:Burns, Inhalation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D051381:Rats