Prolonged hypoxaemia following inhalation of hydrogen chloride vapour.
A patient is described who developed prolonged hypoxaemia and subsequent asthma after a single exposure to a high concentration of hydrogen chloride vapour (and a small amount of phosphorus trichloride).
Finnegan
M J
MJ
Royal Free Hospital, London.
Hodson
M E
ME
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D006851:Hydrochloric Acid; D010100:Oxygen