title: [Accidental poisoning with silo gas].
abstract: Eight cases of poisoning in workers cleaning silo are presented. Silo gas, produced during fermentation of vegetable material, contains very toxic nitrogen oxides. In this group three workers died within silo, four patients were hospitalized (one of them with acute toxic pulmonary oedema, two with sings of pneumonia, one had only transient decrease of consciousness) and recovered without detectable sequelae. One patient, in general good condition, refused hospitalization and recovered.
authors.affiliation: Ze Stołecznego Ośrodka Ostrych Zatruć.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jabłońska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcinkowska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mianowicz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wróblewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000506:poisoning*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D012832:Silo Filler's Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D009589:Nitrogen Oxides
vernacular_title: Przypadkowe zatrucie gazem silosowym.