Pulmonary edema due to tetrachloroethylene.

A patient with massive exposure to tetrachloroethylene fumes presented with coma and severe pulmonary edema. Sequential blood gases, chest x-rays, and clinical findings showed dramatic improvement with conventional but aggressive management and the patient recovered completely. There was no evidence...

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Autores principales: Patel, R, Janakiraman, N, Towne, W D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1977
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/612450
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description A patient with massive exposure to tetrachloroethylene fumes presented with coma and severe pulmonary edema. Sequential blood gases, chest x-rays, and clinical findings showed dramatic improvement with conventional but aggressive management and the patient recovered completely. There was no evidence of permanent renal, hepatic, or central nervous system damage.
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spelling pubmed-14753612006-06-11 Pulmonary edema due to tetrachloroethylene. Patel, R Janakiraman, N Towne, W D Environ Health Perspect Research Article A patient with massive exposure to tetrachloroethylene fumes presented with coma and severe pulmonary edema. Sequential blood gases, chest x-rays, and clinical findings showed dramatic improvement with conventional but aggressive management and the patient recovered completely. There was no evidence of permanent renal, hepatic, or central nervous system damage. 1977-12 /pmc/articles/PMC1475361/ /pubmed/612450 Text en
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title_fullStr Pulmonary edema due to tetrachloroethylene.
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary edema due to tetrachloroethylene.
title_short Pulmonary edema due to tetrachloroethylene.
title_sort pulmonary edema due to tetrachloroethylene.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475361/
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