The patient presented 2 months after his injury with progressive stridor and dyspnea necessitating tracheostomy. A computed tomographic scan of the neck revealed stenosis extending from the vocal cords to the top of the sternum. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

See: carbon monoxide Symptoms Patients who have suffered smoke inhalation injury may complain of dyspnea, cough, and black sputum. Stridor may be present if the upper airway is narrowed as a result of inflammation. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

[…] inhalation effects if exposed to fire in a confined space assess for airway injury and respiratory compromise — features of airway burns — upper airways: singed nasal airs, facial burns, soot in nose and pharynx, stridor, hoarseness — lower airways: wheeze, dyspnea [lifeinthefastlane.com]

Other findings such as conjunctivitis, stridor, dyspnea, disorientation, obtundation and coma are also indicative of inhalation injury. [woundsresearch.com]

Note rhonchi, rales, wheeze and use of accessory muscles of respiration. Facial burns show nearness to the fire. Other burns demonstrate an inability to escape. [patient.info]

Auscultation may reveal a variety of findings, such as absent or diminished sounds, wheezing, rales (crackles) or rhonchi. [emsworld.com]

Hypoxia, rales and rhonchi occur only in those with the most severe injuries. 1 An admission chest X-ray is also a poor predictor, but is important for the baseline of evaluations. 6, 24 Figure 1 An algorithm to manage the patients at risk for inhalation [dovepress.com]

Airway edema increases over 12-18 hours after injury and early recognition of airway deterioration from mild pharyngeal edema to complete airway obstruction is important.9 However, prophylactic intubation without good indications should be avoided because [ispub.com]

Pearls and Pitfalls Don’t be distracted by the sight and smell of the burns. Burn patients are trauma patients and often have concomitant injuries that must be addressed. Inhalation injuries are common but difficult to assess initially. [cdemcurriculum.com]

"Acute management of the upper airway in facial burns and smoke inhalation." Archives of Surgery 111.7 (1976): 744-749. Gaissert, Henning A., Robert H. Lofgren, and Hermes C. Grillo. "Upper airway compromise after inhalation injury. [derangedphysiology.com]

Signs of an inhalation burn injury include: Facial Burns Singed Nasal Hairs Redness, Swelling, or Mouth-Blisters Cyanosis of the Skin Hoarse Throat Impaired State of Mental or Sensory Perception If you or a loved one has suffered an inhalation burn injury [denvertriallawyers.com]

The subjective group included patients with only a history of smoke exposure in a confined space and prolonged rescue, and/or physical findings including singed facial hair, carbonaceous sputum in the oropharynx, facial burns, and voice change. [journals.plos.org]

Diagnosis of inhalation injury should be suspected in patients with facial burns, singed nasal hair, cough, carbonaceous sputum, or evidence of upper airway edema, including hoarseness, stridor, or wheezing. [totalburncare.com]

Witnesses recalled seeing residents of the Fulton Manor apartment building with their heads out open windows, screaming for help, before firefighters came to their aid in high-rise ladder buckets. [burn-injury-resource-center.com]

Don’t forget to carefully assess burn patients for potential delayed airway compromise Don’t worry about going through burned skin for IV access, chest tubes, and other essential procedures Do not place moist towels or gauze of burned areas as this will [cdemcurriculum.com]

On ICU day 5, she was weaned from vasopressor support, her chest x-ray showed decreasing bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, and she had a decreased FiO2 requirement with increasing PaO2/FiO2 ratio of 210. [ispub.com]

Although some authors reported that bronchial wall thickening was sometimes found on initial chest radiographs, patients with inhalation injuries often have a normal chest radiograph at initial stages. 38 In contrast, the presence of pulmonary infiltrates [dovepress.com]

On ICU day 5, she was weaned from vasopressor support, her chest x-ray showed decreasing bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, and she had a decreased FiO2 requirement with increasing PaO2/FiO2 ratio of 210. [ispub.com]