Citation

Caudle JM, Hawkes R, Howes DW, Brison RJ. CJEM 2007; 9(6): 470-473.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 9jmc2@queensu.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18072996

Abstract

This report describes the occurrence of pneumonitis in a young male immediately after inhalation of aerosolized chemicals subsequent to motor vehicle airbag deployment. The clinical presentation was one of mild shortness of breath associated with bilateral alveolar infiltrates on chest radiology. Not previously described, this diagnosis should be considered in the differential of pulmonary infiltrates in motor vehicle crash patients.

Language: en