@article{ref1,
title="Acute respiratory distress due to methane inhalation",
journal="Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases (Seoul)",
year="2013",
author="Jo, Jun Yeon and Kwon, Yong Sik and Lee, Jin Wook and Park, Jae Seok and Rho, Byung Hak and Choi, Won-Il",
volume="74",
number="3",
pages="120-123",
abstract="Inhalation of toxic gases can lead to pneumonitis. It has been known that methane gas intoxication causes loss of consciousness or asphyxia. There is, however, a paucity of information about acute pulmonary toxicity from methane gas inhalation. A 21-year-old man was presented with respiratory distress after an accidental exposure to methane gas for one minute. He came in with a drowsy mentality and hypoxemia. Mechanical ventilation was applied immediately. The patient's symptoms and chest radiographic findings were consistent with acute pneumonitis. He recovered spontaneously and was discharged after 5 days without other specific treatment. His pulmonary function test, 4 days after methane gas exposure, revealed a restrictive ventilatory defect. In conclusion, acute pulmonary injury can occur with a restrictive ventilator defect after a short exposure to methane gas. The lung injury was spontaneously resolved without any significant sequela.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1738-3536",
doi="10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.120",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.120"
}