Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation.
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.
Knapp
M J
MJ
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Bunn
W B
WB
Stave
G M
GM
D000328:Adult; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011859:Radiography; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012498:Sanitary Engineering; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D002981:Clindamycin; C033158:sulfuric acid