title: Response to the Letter to the Editor by Payman Salamati MD and Rasoul Aliannejad MD.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6315, United States; The Geneva Foundation, Tacoma, WA, United States. Electronic address: andriy.i.batchinsky.vol@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Andriy I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Batchinsky
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6315, United States.
authors.forename: Kevin K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6315, United States.
authors.forename: Leopoldo C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cancio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed