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  • Trauma Surgery
  • Pulmonology

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  • Inhalation injuries pose significant risks to military personnel during operations.
  • Characterizing these injuries and their outcomes is crucial for improving care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize serious inhalation injuries in deployed military members.
  • To assess the association between bronchoscopic severity findings and clinical outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 91 service members with inhalation injuries from 2001-2018.
  • Injuries were graded using bronchoscopic Abbreviated Injury Scores (AIS): low (1), moderate (2), and high (3-4).
  • Association with Injury Severity Score (ISS), mortality, and other clinical factors were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • High-grade injuries showed significantly higher ISS compared to low or moderate grades.
  • After adjusting for ISS, high-grade AIS injuries were associated with a 10.4-fold increased odds of death.
  • No correlations found between injury grade and battle/blast mechanism, TBSA, or facial burn degree.

Conclusions:

  • Bronchoscopic findings (AIS) are strongly associated with mortality in military inhalation injuries, independent of ISS.
  • The AIS serves as a critical prognostic indicator for serious inhalation injuries.