TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Acute respiratory distress syndrome following asthma-like symptoms from massive ingestion of a monoethanolamine-containing detergent
JO  - Veterinary and human toxicology
A1  - Kamijo, Yoshito
A1  - Soma, Kazui
A1  - Inoue, Ayako
A1  - Nagai, Tomonori
A1  - Kurihara, Katsuyoshi
SP  - 79
EP  - 80
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
N2  - A 65-y-old man ingested about 600 mL of an alkaline detergent (pH 11.7) containing 3.3% monoethanolamine (MEA). After vomiting with choking several times, he presented to the emergency center with asthma-like symptoms 95 min after ingestion. Despite treatment with bronchodilators, steroids, and epinephrine, respiratory dysfunction progressed to acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting in death on the 4th hospital day. This is the first report of serious acute oral ingestion of an MEA-containing product; MEA aspirated into the respiratory tract may cause not only bronchial asthma symptoms, but may also severely injure the lung parenchyma.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-6296
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -