Mass ammonia inhalation.
The clinical, roentgenographic and laboratory findings, their relationship to each other and to the subsequent hospital course are reported for 14 victims of gaseous ammonia inhalation. Initial physical examination enabled differentiation of a mildly affected from a moderately affected group, but patients in both groups responded well to conservative medical management.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000139:chemically induced; D000641:Ammonia / Q000506:poisoning*; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011859:Radiography
D000641:Ammonia; D010100:Oxygen