TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Six month follow-up of fourteen victims with short-term exposure to chlorine gas
JO  - Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine
A1  - Nabar, S. T.
A1  - Pajankar, S. P.
A1  - Kamath, N. N.
A1  - Deshmukh, S. N.
A1  - Shah, A. C.
A1  - Shrenivas, A.
A1  - Bhambure, N.
A1  - Abhyankar, A.
SP  - 131
EP  - 132
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
N2  - Fourteen cases, 5 with pre-existing COAD, exposed to up to 30 p.p.m. chlorine gas in an accidental leakage, were followed up clinically, radiologically and by spirometry at 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 6 months. All the patients were asymptomatic by 2 weeks and did not reveal any radiological abnormality. The FVC, FEV1 and FVC observed/predicted improved at 4 weeks (p less than 0.05, p less than 0.05, p less than 0.01) and the improvement in FEF0.25-0.75 reached statistical significance (p less than 0.05) at 6 months. The mean improvement in FVC was 0.84 l and FEV1 was 0.6 l at 4 weeks. The 5 patients with pre-existing COAD did not show any evidence of additional lung damage. The observations have been consistent with acute tracheobronchitis with trends towards complete recovery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0301-0023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -