A case of acute inhalation injury caused by premeditated chlorine gas exposure

Chlorine is a toxic gas that causes severe inhalation injury. We report the case of a 43‐year‐old woman who inhaled chlorine gas generated by mixing household bleach and vinegar. She was referred to our hospital because she had developed respiratory failure. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed dif...

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Autores principales: Katano, Takuma, Murao, Hiroto, Kato, Toshio, Kubo, Akihito, Ito, Satoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7996109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.743
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author Katano, Takuma
Murao, Hiroto
Kato, Toshio
Kubo, Akihito
Ito, Satoru
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Kato, Toshio
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description Chlorine is a toxic gas that causes severe inhalation injury. We report the case of a 43‐year‐old woman who inhaled chlorine gas generated by mixing household bleach and vinegar. She was referred to our hospital because she had developed respiratory failure. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed diffuse ground‐glass opacity and the tree‐in‐bud pattern. We diagnosed acute inhalation injury compatible with that due to chlorine gas exposure. Six days after admission, her respiratory symptoms and abnormal CT findings fully resolved without the use of bronchodilators or corticosteroids. This is the first report of a patient with acute inhalation injury caused by intentional chlorine gas exposure. It is considered that chlorine gas reached her respiratory tract and induced widespread injury from bronchioles to alveoli.
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spelling pubmed-79961092021-03-30 A case of acute inhalation injury caused by premeditated chlorine gas exposure Katano, Takuma Murao, Hiroto Kato, Toshio Kubo, Akihito Ito, Satoru Respirol Case Rep Case Reports Chlorine is a toxic gas that causes severe inhalation injury. We report the case of a 43‐year‐old woman who inhaled chlorine gas generated by mixing household bleach and vinegar. She was referred to our hospital because she had developed respiratory failure. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed diffuse ground‐glass opacity and the tree‐in‐bud pattern. We diagnosed acute inhalation injury compatible with that due to chlorine gas exposure. Six days after admission, her respiratory symptoms and abnormal CT findings fully resolved without the use of bronchodilators or corticosteroids. This is the first report of a patient with acute inhalation injury caused by intentional chlorine gas exposure. It is considered that chlorine gas reached her respiratory tract and induced widespread injury from bronchioles to alveoli. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2021-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7996109/ /pubmed/33791101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.743 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.743
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