Airbag pneumonitis: a report and discussion of a new clinical entity.
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.
Caudle
Jaelyn M
JM
Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 9jmc2@queensu.ca
Hawkes
Robert
R
Howes
Daniel W
DW
Brison
Robert J
RJ
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
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones