Medical hazards of the tear gas CS: A case of persistent, multisystem, hypersensitivity reaction and review of the literature

Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 234-240

  Hill, A Ross ^a,b   Silverberg, Nanette B ^a   Mayorga, David ^a   Baldwin, Hilary E ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE; PHENACYL CHLORIDE; TEAR GAS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXICITY;

ADULT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; O-CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONITRILE; PRISONERS; TEAR GASES;

EID: 0033866650     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-200007000-00004     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome
2. Acute effects of the potent lacrimator o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS) tear gas
3. 'Safety' of chemical batons
4. Inhalation toxicology and pathology of animals exposed to o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS)
5. Riot control agents: Biomedical and health aspects of the use of chemicals in civil disturbances
6. The comparative acute mammalian toxicity of 1-chloroacetophenone (CN) and 2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS)
7. Acute effects of exposure to orthochlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS) and the development of tolerance
8. Pepper-spray-induced respiratory failure treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
9. 'Safety' of chemical batons
10. CS gas exposure in a crowded night club: The consequences for an accident and emergency department
11. Drug-induced pseudolymphoma and hypersensitivity syndrome. Two different clinical entities
12. Death resulting from lacrimatory agents
13. Sensitization of guinea pigs to alpha-chloroacetophenone (CN) and ortho-chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS), tear gas chemicals
14. Ultrastructure of rat lungs following exposure to o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS)
15. Effect of CS aerosol upon lung gas transfer and alveolar volume in healthy men
16. Biochemical interactions and metabolic fate of riot control agents
17. Dermatitis due to tear gases (lacrimators)
18. Zur frage der kontaktallergien auf CN und CS ('Tranengas') bei Demonstrationsteilnehmern
19. CS gas is not a chemical means of restraining a person
20. CS gas injury
21. Churg-Strauss syndrome: Clinical study and long-term follow-up of 96 patients
22. Eye burns caused by tear gas
23. Tear gas - Harassing agent or toxic chemical weapon?
24. Reactive airways dysfunction after exposure to teargas
25. Toxicodynamics of riot-control agents
26. Mechanism of toxicity of injected CS gas
27. CS and its chemical relatives
28. A single accidental exposure may result in a chemical burn, primary sensitization and allergic contact dermatitis
29. Hautschaden durch Tranengas
30. Akute Exposition durch CS-Rauchgas und klinische Beobachtungen
31. The absorption of ortho-chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS) by the respiratory tract
32. CS gas injury to the eye
33. Allergic sensitization potential of riot control lacrimants: Human Draize test
34. Late inhalation toxicology and pathology produced by exposure to a single dose of 2-chlorobenzylidane malononitrile (CS) in rats and hamsters
35. Chloracetophenonallergie
36. Metabolites and allergic drug reactions
37. Dermites de contact par bombes d'auto-defense
38. Toxic effects of tear gas on an infant following prolonged exposure
39. Severe cutaneous reactions to self-defense sprays
40. Contact dermatitis due to 1-chloroacetophenone and Chemical Mace
41. Contact dermatitis to chloroacetophenone
42. Exposures to ortho-chlorobezylidene malononitrile
43. Tear gas dermatitis: Allergic contact sensitization due to CS
44. Inflammatory skin diseases, T cells, and immune surveillance
45. RADS after exposure to a riot-control agent: A case report
46. Medical aspects of riot control (harassing) agents
47. Accidents cutanes aux bombes d'autodefense
48. Industrial contact dermatitis
49. Exposure-pattern dermatitis due to CS gas
50. Oleoresin capsicum (pepper) spray and 'in-custody deaths'
51. Chloracetophenone (tear gas) poisoning: A clinico-pathologic report
52. A clinico-pathologic study of the effects of riot control agents on monkeys. IV o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS) grenade
53. Injuries after use of the lacrimatory agent chloracetophenone in a confined space
54. Delayed pulmonary edema and bronchospasm after accidental lacrimator exposure
55. Surveillance into crowd control agents
56. CS gas ocular injury
57. CS gas injury to the eye