<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A case of respiratory failure in a domestic fire victim presenting with 1-3-degree skin burns on 10% of the total body surface, is reported. Forty-eight hours after admission to hospital, the patient developed severe respiratory failure that did not respond to mechanical ventilation. Severe obstruction of the airway had resulted from secretions and deposits of soot forming bronchial casts. The patient required repeated bronchoscopies to separate and remove the bronchial secretions and soot deposits. An emergency bronchial endoscopic exam was crucial in the patient’s survival and management. The patient was discharged from the hospital after twenty-four days.</p></abstract>

A case of respiratory failure in a domestic fire victim presenting with 1-3-degree skin burns on 10% of the total body surface, is reported. Forty-eight hours after admission to hospital, the patient developed severe respiratory failure that did not respond to mechanical ventilation. Severe obstruction of the airway had resulted from secretions and deposits of soot forming bronchial casts. The patient required repeated bronchoscopies to separate and remove the bronchial secretions and soot deposits. An emergency bronchial endoscopic exam was crucial in the patient’s survival and management. The patient was discharged from the hospital after twenty-four days.

Repeated Bronchoscopy - Treatment of Severe Respiratory Failure in a Fire Victim

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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A case of respiratory failure in a domestic fire victim presenting with 1-3-degree skin burns on 10% of the total body surface, is reported. Forty-eight hours...

Repeated Bronchoscopy - Treatment of Severe Respiratory Failure in a Fire Victim

Publié en ligne: 08 nov. 2017

Pages: 162 - 165

Reçu: 03 mars 2017

Accepté: 30 juil. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0024

Mots clés
smoke inhalation injury, burns, bronchial soot deposits, bronchoscopy, respiratory failure

© 2017 Ovidiu Rusalim Petris et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Repeated Bronchoscopy - Treatment of Severe Respiratory Failure in a Fire Victim

Publié en ligne: 08 nov. 2017

Pages: 162 - 165

Reçu: 03 mars 2017

Accepté: 30 juil. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0024

Mots cléssmoke inhalation injury, burns, bronchial soot deposits, bronchoscopy, respiratory failure

© 2017 Ovidiu Rusalim Petris et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
smoke inhalation injury, burns, bronchial soot deposits, bronchoscopy, respiratory failure