Inhalant abuse: A case of hemoptysis associated with halogenated hydrocarbons abuse

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 754-757

  Schloneger, Melissa ^a   Stull, Adrian ^a   Singer, Jonathan I ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Inhalant abuse; Tetrafluoroethane

Indexed keywords

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; TETRAFLUOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INHALANT ABUSE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LUNG; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73349118437     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181bedb8e     Document Type: Article

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