Hydrochloric acid inhalation: Who needs admission?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 422-424

  Boyce, Stephen H ^a   Simpson, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b 24 Strawberry Bank ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Hydrochloric acid fumes; Management

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DYSPNEA; FUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BURN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANOXEMIA; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0029905129     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.6.422     Document Type: Article

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