clinical features of injury below larynx
Last reviewed 01/2018
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