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Clinical features of injury below larynx

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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The clinical features of an inhalation injury below the larynx develop over two discernable time courses. Immediately there may be:

  • restlessness
  • confusion
  • hypoxia progressing to
  • death

Alternatively, there may be a pattern of features with later onset over 12 hours to a week:

  • increased hypoxia
  • pulmonary oedema secondary to adult respiratory distress syndrome
  • respiratory failure

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