Smoke Inhalation and Airway Management at a Regional Burn Unit: 1974 to 1983 II. Airway Management
作者:
W R Clark,
M Bonaventura,
W Myers,
R Kellman,
期刊:
Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation
(OVID Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 2
页码: 121-134
ISSN:0273-8481
年代: 1990
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
According to criteria established to define patients with smoke inhalation, the airway management of all victims of smoke and burns (1974 to 1984;n=805) was reviewed. Fourteen percent of all patients were intubated (n=117); patients intubated on the day of injury (n=41) were more likely to extubate themselves or have technical problems with the endotracheal tube. Twelve percent of patients with smoke inhalation without burns required endotracheal intubation versus 62% of those with burns. An endotracheal tube was required for a median of 5 days. Tracheotomies were performed in 48 patients: 40% of those intubated and 6% of all patients. The mean postburn day for tracheotomy was day 15. There was no difference in the mortality rate for patients with an endotracheal tube only and those who had a tracheotomy as well: 42% and 37%, respectively. The prolonged length of stay for patients with a tracheotomy relates to die severity of the burn. Tracheotomy was not the cause of death in any patient. The strategy of grafting the neck before tracheotomy was used successfully in eight patients.
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