Severe lung injury following inhalation of nitric acid fumes

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-247

  Pillai, Lalitha V ^a   Ambike, Dhananjay P ^a   Husainy, Saifuddin ^a   Vishwasrao, Sunil ^a   Pataskar, Satish ^a   Kulkarni, Suprashant D ^a  

^a Lokmanya Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

ARDS; Barotraumas; Delayed pulmonary edema; Nitric acid inhalation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; MALE; SURVIVAL; VENTILATOR;

EID: 33144473277     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.19766     Document Type: Article

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