Severe burns related to steam inhalation therapy

Belmonte, Juan Antonio Taguenca; Domínguez-Sampedro, P.; Pérez, Elena Cónde; Suelves, Josep M.; Collado, J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.anpede.2014.03.002

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“…5,6,9 Mean TBSA in this study was 3.1% and mostly consisted of partialthickness burns; as such, the findings are fairly similar to those of other studies.…”

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“…5 The average hospital stay in the study presented here was 2.7 days. The location of the burns necessitating such action -often around sensitive areas such as the groin or genitals -makes them particularly challenging to treat, requires regular dressing changes, and makes toileting difficult; this was often the reason for admission.…”

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“…2,3 Scalds remain the most common form of burn injury in the paediatric population and scalds secondary to steam inhalation therapy have been widely reported in the literature. [3][4][5][6] Studies highlighting the dangers of steam inhalation date back to 1969 and have been published worldwide.…”

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“…5,6,9 Mean TBSA in this study was 3.1% and mostly consisted of partialthickness burns; as such, the findings are fairly similar to those of other studies.…”

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“…Vapour inhalation is often advised as therapy for upper airway infections. However, serious complications such as vapour burns may occur, especially in children 25 26 . Although we did not examine the lower airway in group IV, we can deduce that lower airway tissue damage is likely to be serious given that only vapour is capable of inflicting direct thermal damage to the lower airways.…”

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Mucosal fluid evaporation is not the method of heat dissipation from fourth-degree laryngopharyngeal burns

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This study was designed to explore whether mucosal fluid evaporation represents a method of heat dissipation from thermal air inhalation injury and to assess laryngopharyngeal tissue damage according to heat quantity changes of dry air and vapour. Fifteen adult male beagles were divided into five groups to inhale heated air or vapour for 10 min as follows: control group (ordinary air), group I (91–110 °C heated air), group II (148–175 °C heated air), group III (209–227 °C heated air), and group IV (96 °C saturated vapour). The heat quantity changes of the dry air and vapour were calculated via thermodynamic formulas. The macroscopic and histological features of the laryngopharynxes were examined and assessed by various tissue damage grading systems. Group IV exhibited the most serious laryngopharyngeal damage, including cilia exfoliation, submucosal thrombosis, glandular atrophy, and chondrocyte degeneration, which is indicative of fourth-degree injury. The quality, heat quantity, and proportional reduction of heat quantity of vapour in group IV were all higher than those in the other groups. Furthermore, we found that mucosal fluid evaporation is not the method of heat dissipation from thermal air inhalation injury used by the airways. Laryngopharyngeal tissue damage depends chiefly on the heat quantity of vapour in the air.

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“…Such procedures can facilitate the transport of fungal spores into the respiratory tract via inhalation, where the spores can develop. Furthermore, steam inhalation can also cause scald injuries 13 to the respiratory tract, thereby reducing the efficacy of local immune responses, which in turn facilitates the development of foreign pathogens. However, despite advisories against steam inhalation due to lack of evidence citing its benefits, it has been used widely as routine treatment across Indian households.…”

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Severe burns related to steam inhalation therapy

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Home remedy or hazard? management and costs of paediatric steam inhalation therapy burn injuries

Home remedy or hazard? management and costs of paediatric steam inhalation therapy burn injuries

Mucosal fluid evaporation is not the method of heat dissipation from fourth-degree laryngopharyngeal burns

A look into the relationship between outdated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treatment protocols and the overwhelming rise of mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients in India

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