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have a worse prognosis than animals with a comparable inhalation injury is approximately 14%. This increases to
VetBooks.ir blunt trauma load. For small to medium‐sized dogs with 20% in humans with inhalation injury and burns. Factors
that affect prognosis in humans include TBSA affected
severe bite wounds, a mortality rate of approximately
20% has been reported although a subset of patients
dogs and cats with smoke inhalation alone is approxi-
(those with crush injury and development of pigmentu- and concurrent inhalation injury. The mortality rate for
ria) appear to have a much worse prognosis. mately 10%. Animals that have suffered burns in addition
The prognosis for veterinary burn patients is unknown. to inhalation injury should be expected to have a higher
The overall mortality rate in human burn victims without mortality rate.

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