PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hasleton, P S
AU  - Penna, P
AU  - Torry, J
TI  - Effect of oxygen on the lungs after blast injury and burns.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.34.10.1147
DP  - 1981 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 1147--1154
VI  - 34
IP  - 10
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/10/1147.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/10/1147.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1981 Oct 01; 34
AB  - In March 1979 there was an explosion in a coalmine in Lancashire. As a result three men were found dead down the mine and a further seven men, all with extensive burns, died between the third and thirteenth day after the explosion. The lungs were studied in all the cases. Pulmonary infection was the commonest cause of death. Despite high levels of oxygen being given to these seven men, only one case showed a focal intra-alveolar fibrosis. In this case the inspired oxygen requirement came down before death. The toxicity of oxygen in the short term management of patients with severe trauma is questioned.