The Impact of Area-Limited Skin Burns in the Severity of the Burn Disease and Outcome of Inhalation Injury

Introduction Inhalation injury (ini) makes burn disease more severe. However, it remains unexplored what is the minimum area of that can significantly aggravate course ini. The objective was to compare incidence acute respiratory failure (arf), pneumonia, and mortality between patients with ini superficial skin burns up 3% total body surface (tbsa). Material methods 125 i–ii degree tbsa were allocated into 4 groups: without burns, 1% tbsa, 2%, tbsa. Results In group number arf, pneumonia cases, deaths did not statistically differ from group, however in than 2% there those complications. Conclusion Skin over increase failure, death