title: Airbag pneumonitis: a report and discussion of a new clinical entity.
abstract: This report describes the occurrence of pneumonitis in a young male immediately after inhalation of aerosolized chemicals subsequent to motor vehicle airbag deployment. The clinical presentation was one of mild shortness of breath associated with bilateral alveolar infiltrates on chest radiology. Not previously described, this diagnosis should be considered in the differential of pulmonary infiltrates in motor vehicle crash patients.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 9jmc2@queensu.ca
authors: Jaelyn M
authors: JM
authors: Caudle
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Hawkes
authors: Daniel W
authors: DW
authors: Howes
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Brison
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017278:Air Bags / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones