title: Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Bunn
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Stave
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D002981:Clindamycin; C033158:sulfuric acid