title: Identifying and treating inhalation injuries in fire victims.
abstract: Inhalation injury is the primary cause of fire-related deaths. Although treatment of cutaneous burn injuries has greatly improved patient survival, inhalation injury remains a clinical challenge. This article reviews the current methods of identifying and treating fire-related inhalation injury.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: D002059:Burns, Inhalation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*