Inhalation Injury and Toxic Industrial Chemical Exposure

PURPOSE

There are multiple toxic industrial chemicals that act on the respiratory tract. This CPG reviews the most common toxic industrial chemicals which lead to pulmonary injury.

More information is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

- https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxicsubstances.html
- Textbooks of Military Medicine https://medcoe.army.mil/borden-3-textbooks-of-military-medicine
- Patients with both burn and inhalation injury have significantly increased morbidity and mortality compared to those with burn injury alone.1 This CPG is intended to review relevant information in the care of patients with inhalation injury and more specifically toxic industrial chemicals. Also included is a brief overview of the management strategies for these patients. We intend to inform caregivers with the goal of reducing some of the complications of inhalation injury.