Successful extracorporeal life support after potentially fatal pulmonary oedema caused by inhalation of nitric and hydrofluoric acid fumes

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 184-188

  Shin, Jae Seung ^a   Lee, Sung Woo ^a   Kim, Nak Hoon ^a   Park, Jon Su ^a   Kim, Kwang Ja ^a   Choi, Sung Hyuk ^a   Hong, Yun Sik ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcium gluconate; Extracorporeal life support; Hydrofluoric acid; N Acetylcysteine; Nitric acid; Pulmonary oedema

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIDOTE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; NITRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; EXPOSURE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEBULIZATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTROPLATING; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; MALE; NITRIC ACID; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 34548248741     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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