The Lancet
Volume 388, Issue 10058, 2016, Pages 2350-2351

Severe hydrocarbon pneumonitis in African refugees after fuel ingestion (Letter) (Open Access)

Spinner C.D. , Seilmaier M. , Al-Chalabi A. , Schneider J. , Huber W.
  • a Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, 81675, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
  • b Department of Hematology, Oncology, Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Städtisches Klinikum München Schwabing, Munich, Germany
  • c Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Jamaica, NY, United States
  • d Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, 81675, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
  • e Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, 81675, Germany

Abstract

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Index Keywords

intensive care hospital admission Germany refugee drug effects Letter human clinical assessment Refugees multiple organ failure antibiotic agent priority journal eating African ethnology Young Adult fuel Humans hypoxemia phlegmon antimicrobial therapy Adolescent Hydrocarbons male lung insufficiency case report artificial ventilation hydrocarbon Africa tachypnea adult pleura effusion pneumonia extracorporeal oxygenation computer assisted tomography ingestion dyspnea disease severity
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DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32130-4
ISSN: 01406736
Original Language: English