| Document ID (ISN) | 59352 |
| CIS number |
93-116 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Moisan T.C. |
| Title |
Prolonged asthma after smoke inhalation - A report of three cases and a review of previous reports |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 1991, Vol.33, No.4, p.458-461. 42 ref. |
| Abstract |
The development of prolonged obstructive airways disease after smoke inhalation is of concern to fire victims and fire-fighters. Three cases of asthma that developed following the inhalation of pyrolysis products are presented along with a review of previous reports of airway injury from smoke inhalation. Polyvinyl chloride pyrolysis products seem to pose a high risk, but other toxic inhalants are also implicated. There is substantial evidence that prolonged airway hyper-responsiveness and asthma may follow numerous inflammatory insults including smoke inhalation. Studies to identify specific individual risk factors and asthmagenic pyrolysis products are needed. Early, post-exposure anti-inflammatory treatment may modify the outcome. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
fire; fire hazards; functional respiratory disorders; smoke; asthma; toxic asthma; bronchial diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case study; polyvinyl chloride; dyspnoea; respiratory impairment; bronchiolitis; pyrolysis products; bronchiectasis |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Fire and explosions
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Fires
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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