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The Management of Burns and Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000 pp 92–95Cite as

Toxicological Management of Fires

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Fires can have life-threatening effects resulting from the inhalation of heated air and fire gases. The inhalation of heated air results in thermal damage to the respiratory tract with the risk of oedema, airways obstruction and impaired pulmonary function. In general, the management of thermal injury does not require a toxicologically oriented treatment. The inhalation of combustion products, however, may cause many different toxicological problems depending upon the substances involved in the combustion process.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Toxicology, Poison Control Centre, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

    C. Manni, S. I. Magalini & A. Barelli

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, Mediterranean Burns Club, Palermo, Italy

    M. Masellis MD (Professor and Head, Secretary-General) (Professor and Head, Secretary-General)

  2. Emergency Relief Operations, World Health Organization, Mediterranean Burns Club, Italy

    S. W. A. Gunn MD (Formerly Head, President) (Formerly Head, President)

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Manni, C., Magalini, S.I., Barelli, A. (1995). Toxicological Management of Fires. In: Masellis, M., Gunn, S.W.A. (eds) The Management of Burns and Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0361-6_17

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