Abstract

Emergency treatment approach and pathophysiology of burn related lung injury

Highlights

  • Burn, heat, electricity, radiation and chemical substances, damage to the functional integrity of the skin [1]

  • Neutrophil infiltration is known to be a potential source of free oxygen radicals contributing to burn injury, and it is thought that neutrophils are responsible for the damage that occurs in local and remote areas after burns [2]

  • It is thought that neutrophil accumulation is significant in different tissues such as gastric mucosa, liver and lung, especially in the first phase of the burn, and neutrophils may be a source of reactive oxygen derivatives [2]

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Summary

Review Article

Emergency treatment approach and pathophysiology of burn related lung injury Ahmet Özer Şehirli1* and Semra Aslay2 1Near East University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pharmacology, Turkey 2Near East University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Turkey

Introduction
Findings
Neutrophil activation based on burn injury

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