Airbag Pneumonitis

The widespread and mandatory use of airbags has resulted in various patterns of injuries and complications unique to their use. Airbags have been implicated in a spectrum of pulmonary conditions ranging from exacerbation of asthma, reactive airway diseases to new onset asthma. We report a case of in...

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Autores principales: Govindarajan, Raghav, Ferrer, Gustavo, Smolley, Laurence A., Oliveira, Eduardo Araujo, Rahaghi, Franck
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20981345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/498569
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Sumario:The widespread and mandatory use of airbags has resulted in various patterns of injuries and complications unique to their use. Airbags have been implicated in a spectrum of pulmonary conditions ranging from exacerbation of asthma, reactive airway diseases to new onset asthma. We report a case of inhalational chemical pneumonitis that developed after exposure to the airbag fumes.

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