Charcoal Lung

Autor: Elliott, Charles G., Colby, Thomas V., Kelly, Thomas M., Hicks, Harry G.
Zdroj: Chest; September 1989, Vol. 96 Issue: 3 p672-674, 3p
Abstrakt: Activated charcoal usually provides effective and safe treatment for drug overdose. We describe a patient who developed bronchiolitis obliterans and respiratory failure following aspiration of activated charcoal. This patient had a markedly reduced vital capacity with roentgenographic evidence of airtrapping. Chest roentgenograms did not demonstrate the large amount of charcoal identified at postmortem examination.
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