Acute Pulmonary Edema Caused by Inhalation of Nitrogen Dioxide / 결핵
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 1408-1413, 1997.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-148569
ABSTRACT
A 68 year-old male was admitted with complaint of dyspnea and nonproductive cough which developed 6 hours after accidental inhalation of nitrogen dioxide. On admission, acute pulmonary edema and severe hypoxemia were found. With oxygen and bronchodilator therapy, diffuse alveolar consolitation and his dyspnea were improved from the following day. He was discharged at 8th hospital day with prednisolone 30mg daily for prevention of bronchiolitis obliteraus. During 6 weeks of follow up, there was no evidence of bronchiolitis obliterans.
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Main subject:
Oxygen
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Pulmonary Edema
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Prednisolone
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Bronchiolitis
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Bronchiolitis Obliterans
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Inhalation
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Follow-Up Studies
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Cough
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Dyspnea
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Hypoxia
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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