Inhalation injury

Differential Diagnosis

Inhalation injury

Unintentional

• Smoke inhalation injury
  • Cyanide
  • Carbon monoxide
• Chloramine
• Hydrocarbons
• Sewer gas
  • Hydrogen Sulfide
  • Ammonia toxicity
  • Methane
  • Carbon monoxide
• Hydrazine toxicity
• Nitrogen tetroxide
• Metal fume fever

Terrorism

• Pulmonary chemical agents
  • Ammonia
  • Methyl isocyanate
  • methyl bromide
  • Hydrochloric acid
  • Chlorine
  • Phosgene
• Bioterrorism
  • Anthrax
  • Smallpox
  • Plague
  • Tularemia
  • Botulinum toxin
  • Viral hemorrhagic fever
  • Ricin