Acute Respiratory Distress following Intravenous Injection of an Oil-Steroid Solution

Hypersensitivity Reaction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pyrethroid Poisoning and Role of Steroid Therapy

Background: Pyrethroids are generally of low toxicity to humans, but in suicidal poisonings which are usually associated with ingestion of high doses, they lead to severe systemic effects. Case Report: A 30-year old woman presented to emergency department with a history of intentional ingestion of about 15 mL of prallethrin around 3 days earlier. She complained of shortness of breath along with...

[A case of acute poisoning following intravenous injection of gasoline].

hypersensitivity reaction and acute respiratory distress syndrome in pyrethroid poisoning and role of steroid therapy

background: pyrethroids are generally of low toxicity to humans, but in suicidal poisonings which are usually associated with ingestion of high doses, they lead to severe systemic effects. case report: a 30-year old woman presented to emergency department with a history of intentional ingestion of about 15 ml of prallethrin around 3 days earlier. she complained of shortness of breath along with...

Respiratory distress following pneumonectomy.

A 60-year-old man was referred to the thoracic surgery service with a large mass in the right upper lobe of his lung. He had a 4-week history of productive cough and hemoptysis. A chest radiograph was obtained after antibiotic therapy failed to resolve the symptoms. He had no history of weight loss, fevers, or chest pain. He had smoked until 2 years prior and had an 80 pack-year history of ciga...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome following autotransfusion with the Biosurge autotransfuser.

A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a 79-year-old man is presented in which the use of a BioSurge synchronous autotransfuser may be implicated. This has not been reported before.