title: Fatal pulmonary arterial thrombosis associated with chlorine gas poisoning.
abstract: We present a patient with accidental chlorine gas poisoning who died from pulmonary thrombosis due to a marked increase in hemostatic factors such as von Willebrand factor after recovering from the acute poisoning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Sumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maniwa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D002713:Chlorine / Q000506:poisoning*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005739:Gas Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D002713:Chlorine