Citation

Elliott CG, Colby TV, Kelly TM, Hicks HG. Chest 1989; 96(3): 672-674.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City 84143.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American College of Chest Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2766830

Abstract

Activated charcoal usually provides effective and safe treatment for drug overdose. We describe a patient who developed bronchiolitis obliterans and respiratory failure following aspiration of activated charcoal. This patient had a markedly reduced vital capacity with roentgenographic evidence of airtrapping. Chest roentgenograms did not demonstrate the large amount of charcoal identified at postmortem examination.

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