Hydrocarbon pneumonitis following liquid paraffin aspiration during a fire-eating performance: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mylonaki, Efrosyni ^a   Voutsas, Vasileios ^a   Antoniou, Dimitrios ^a   Papakosta, Despina ^a   Kontakiotis, Theodoros ^a   Skordalaki, Anna ^a   Vafiadis, Evagelos ^a   Christaki, Pandora ^a  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; LIQUID PARAFFIN; MACROLIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EATING; FEVER; FIRE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LOBE; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPIROMETRY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 47749133075     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-214     Document Type: Article

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