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Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Knapp, MJ; Bunn, WB; Stave, GM
Published in: South Med J
August 1991

A 23-year-old man had adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by acute exposure to sulfuric acid fumes. The patient survived the initial hospitalization to be readmitted later with a lung abscess. After therapy, his chest roentgenogram and pulmonary function tests revealed no abnormalities except a marginally decreased DLCO, and he was without functional deficit. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema probably resulted from direct alveolar injury caused by sulfuric acid.

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South Med J

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ISSN

0038-4348

Publication Date

August 1991

Volume

84

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1031 / 1033

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfuric Acids
  • Sanitary Engineering
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Radiography
  • Patient Readmission
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Male
  • Lung Abscess
  • Humans
 

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Knapp, M. J., Bunn, W. B., & Stave, G. M. (1991). Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation. South Med J, 84(8), 1031–1033. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199108000-00021
Knapp, M. J., W. B. Bunn, and G. M. Stave. “Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation.South Med J 84, no. 8 (August 1991): 1031–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199108000-00021.
Knapp MJ, Bunn WB, Stave GM. Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation. South Med J. 1991 Aug;84(8):1031–3.
Knapp, M. J., et al. “Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation.South Med J, vol. 84, no. 8, Aug. 1991, pp. 1031–33. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-199108000-00021.
Knapp MJ, Bunn WB, Stave GM. Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation. South Med J. 1991 Aug;84(8):1031–1033.

Published In

South Med J

DOI

ISSN

0038-4348

Publication Date

August 1991

Volume

84

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1031 / 1033

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfuric Acids
  • Sanitary Engineering
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Radiography
  • Patient Readmission
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Male
  • Lung Abscess
  • Humans