%0 Journal Article
%T Acute respiratory distress due to methane inhalation
%J Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases (Seoul)
%D 2013
%A Jo, Jun Yeon
%A Kwon, Yong Sik
%A Lee, Jin Wook
%A Park, Jae Seok
%A Rho, Byung Hak
%A Choi, Won-Il
%V 74
%N 3
%P 120-123
%X 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>
%G en
%I Taehan Kyorhaek mit Hohumgi Hakhoe
%@ 1738-3536
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.120