Role of fibreoptic bronchoscopy in early diagnosis of inhalational burns in patients with facial burns

• Main Authors: Nosheen Kanchwala (Author), R Ram Mohan (Author), Komal Tripathi (Author), Shilpi Baranwal (Author), Manoj Kumar Jha (Author), Sameek Bhattacharya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Inhalation burn is a major cause of mortality in burn patients. Early diagnosis of smoke inhalation injury (SII) is imperative in the management and prevention of burn injury. The gold standard modality for the diagnosis of SII is fiber-optic bronchoscopy (FOB). Materials and Methods:...