… burn injury increases the risk of pneumonia. We hypothesized that patients with burn injury
have a higher risk of developing pneumonia … received a diagnosis of pneumonia within half a …

… involved in the problem of pulmonary burn complications. … late complications such as
pneumonia and pulmonary embolus. The … Plasma is lost into the burn wound, and we believe that …

… , risk factors, and challenges specific to the burn patient. … to 20% of burn patients are also
victims of inhalation injury, and … As with edema in the burn wound, the local injury to the mucosa …

… difficulties”; 46 of 105 fatalities had respiratory injury. … that expected for the extent of burn
injury. Absence of facial … Wroblewski and Bower241 related facial burns to late pneumonia and …

… of inhalation injury from all of the other pulmonary issues that … with inhalation injury and a
diagnosis of pneumonia, we were … the burn wound, the inhalation injury itself, and pneumonia. …

… patients is problematic because VAP rates are currently highest in burn victims. Specific
dependent … is a common complication in adults hospitalized with burn injuries. 12 patients (15%) …

… burn size. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate risk factors for VAP in patients
with combined burn wound and blunt trauma injury … detection and treatment of burn injury …

… injury and of cutaneous burn injury. It remains a frustration to those involved in the care of
burn victims, … incidence of pneumonia is the increased difficulty in making a diagnosis of …

… All ventilated patients with burn injury who were admitted to our institution from July 2000
through June 2003 were included. After June 2001, BAL was used to make the …

… pneumonia. Although the presence of long-term respiratory dysfunction is uncommon after
nonfatal burn injury, late sequelae (months to years post-burn injury… and difficulty in intubation …