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Review
. 2010 Apr;42(1):28-35.
doi: 10.5152/eajm.2010.09.

Acute inhalation injury

Metin Gorguner  1 , Metin Akgun  1
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Review

Acute inhalation injury

Metin Gorguner et al. Eurasian J Med. 2010 Apr.

Abstract
in English, Turkish

Inhaled substances may cause injury in pulmonary epithelium at various levels of respiratory tract, leading from simple symptoms to severe disease. Acute inhalation injury (AII) is not uncommon condition. There are certain high risk groups but AII may occur at various places including home or workplace. Environmental exposure is also possible. In addition to individual susceptibility, the characteristics of inhaled substances such as water solubility, size of substances and chemical properties may affect disease severity as well as its location. Although AII cases may recover in a few days but AII may cause long-term complications, even death. We aimed to discuss the effects of short-term exposures (minutes to hours) to toxic substances on the lungs.

Solunan maddeler, solunum yollarında farklı seviyelerde pulmoner epitelde hasara yol açabilir. Bu hasar basit semptomlardan ağır hastalık tablosuna kadar farklı şekilde klinik tablo oluşumuna yol açabilir. Akut inhalasyon hasarı (AİH), çok nadir görülen bir durum değildir. Bazı özel risk grupları olmasına rağmen ev, işyeri gibi farklı yerlerde ortaya çıkabilir. Çevresel maruziyet de söz konusudur. Bireysel duyarlılık yanı sıra, solunan maddenin özelliği, örneğin suda çözünürlüğü, çapı veya kimyasal özelliği hastalığın şiddetini ve lokalizasyonunu etkileyebilir. AİH birkaç gün içerisinde düzelmesine rağmen uzun dönemde komplikasyolar hatta ölüme yol açabilir.Akciğerlerin toksik maddelere kısa süreli maruziyetinin (dakika-saat) etkilerini tartışmayı amaçladık.

Keywords: Acute inhalation injury; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Lung; Prognosis; Treatment.

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Figure 1.
Distribution of the irritant gases and the site of injury in the respiratory tract according to their particle size and water solubility
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