Inhalational exposure to dimethyl sulfate vapor followed by reactive airway dysfunction syndrome

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 104-106

  Aghabiklooei, Abbas ^a   Zamani, Nasim ^a   Shiva, Hamidreza ^a   Rezaei, Nader ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfate; poisoning; reactive airway dysfunction syndrome; vapor exposure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DIMETHYL SULFATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REACTIVE AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

EID: 79251504644     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.75700     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. U.S. Environmental protection agency. Integrated risk information system (IRIS) on dimethylesulfate. National center for environmental assessment, office of research and development, Washington, DC. 1999.
2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Hazardous Substances Data Bank. National Library of Medicine, National Toxicology Information Program, Bethesda, MD, 1993.
3. Lung Injuries Including Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS). Available from: http://www.winstonbriggslaw.com/index.php?option=com- contentandview=articleandid=18andItemid=30. [last accessed on 2010 Jul 20].
4. Definition of Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome. Available from: [last accessed on 2010 Jul 20].
5. Hannu T, Riihimäki V, Piirilä R. Reactive airway dysfunction syndrome (RADS) in a chemistry teacher induced by fumes of mixed iodine compounds. Ind Health 2009;47:681-4.
6. Mannino DM. How much asthma is occupationally related? In: Banks DE,Wang ML, editors. State of the art reviews: Occupational medicine. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Medical Publishers Occup Med; Vol. 15. 2000. p. 15359-68.
7. Rippey JC, Stallwood MI. Nine cases odf accidental exposure to dimethyle sulfate- a potential chemical weapon. Emerg Med J 2005;22:878-9.
8. Khalid I, Godfrey AM, Ouellette DR. Chemical pneumonitis and subsequent reactive airways dysfunction syndrome after a single exposure to a household product: A case report. J Med Case Reports 2009;3:112.