Increased Ratio of Dead Space to Tidal Volume in Subjects With Inhalation Injury.
burn
dead space fraction
inhalation injury
modified Baux scores
mortality
ratio of dead space to tidal volume
total burn surface area
Journal
Respiratory care
ISSN: 1943-3654
Titre abrégé: Respir Care
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7510357
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
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pubmed:
16
7
2020
medline:
27
2
2021
entrez:
16
7
2020
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Résumé
Inhalation injury increases morbidity and mortality in burn patients. Patients with inhalation injury present with large differences between end-tidal CO This retrospective study included 51 adult subjects with burns and inhalation injuries. Demographics, size of burns, length of stay, ventilator days, blood gas results, end-tidal CO Our population had a mean age of 52 y and an average burn size of 17.5%. The average length of stay and ventilator days were 12 d and 3.8 d, respectively. The mean modified Baux score was 87. The mean [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] was 0.38. Ten subjects died, and 6 subjects had pneumonia. The [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] of survivors was significantly smaller for survivors than for subjects who died (0.34 vs 0.52, Alveolar dead space ([Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text]) is easily calculated from [Formula: see text] and end-tidal CO
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Inhalation injury increases morbidity and mortality in burn patients. Patients with inhalation injury present with large differences between end-tidal CO
METHODS
METHODS
This retrospective study included 51 adult subjects with burns and inhalation injuries. Demographics, size of burns, length of stay, ventilator days, blood gas results, end-tidal CO
RESULTS
RESULTS
Our population had a mean age of 52 y and an average burn size of 17.5%. The average length of stay and ventilator days were 12 d and 3.8 d, respectively. The mean modified Baux score was 87. The mean [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] was 0.38. Ten subjects died, and 6 subjects had pneumonia. The [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] of survivors was significantly smaller for survivors than for subjects who died (0.34 vs 0.52,
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Alveolar dead space ([Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text]) is easily calculated from [Formula: see text] and end-tidal CO
Identifiants
pubmed: 32665425
pii: respcare.07515
doi: 10.4187/respcare.07515
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Pagination
1555-1560Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.