Open AccessSmoking-Related Home Oxygen Burn Injuries: Continued Cause for Alarm
Author(s) -
W. Graham Carlos,
Mary S. Baker,
Katie McPherson,
Gabriel T. Bosslet,
Rajiv Sood,
Alexia M. Torke
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000443798
Subject(s) - medicine , total body surface area , burn center , concomitant , oxygen therapy , population , emergency medicine , pediatrics , anesthesia , surgery , poison control , environmental health
Home oxygen therapy is a mainstay of treatment for patients with various cardiopulmonary diseases. In spite of warnings against smoking while using home oxygen, many patients sustain burn injuries.
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