Diseases

Smoke Inhalation Injury

Pulmonary injury following the breathing in of toxic smoke from burning materials such as plastics, synthetics, building materials, etc. This injury is the most frequent cause of death in burn patients.

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Abstract

Pulmonary injury following the breathing in of toxic smoke from burning materials such as plastics, synthetics, building materials, etc. This injury is the most frequent cause of death in burn patients.

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5 entry terms
  • Inhalation Injury, Smoke
  • Injury, Smoke Inhalation
  • Inhalation Injuries, Smoke
  • Injuries, Smoke Inhalation
  • Smoke Inhalation Injuries

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

BURNS, INHALATION is also available

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History Note

89; was SMOKE INHALATION see BURNS, INHALATION 1963-88

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Previous Indexing

  • Burns, Inhalation (1966-1988)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Smoke Inhalation Injury. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015208. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015208
  2. Smoke Inhalation Injury. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_inhalation
  3. Smoke Inhalation Injury. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2133097