TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Lung on fire: a very severe case of fire-eater's lung
JO  - Thorax
A1  - Nicolardi, Maria Luisa
A1  - Oliva, Alessandra
A1  - Masci, Giorgio Maria
A1  - Ascoli, Valeria
A1  - Noccioli, Niccolò
A1  - Mantovani, Sara
A1  - Palange, Paolo
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - A 19-year-old male smoker presented in the emergency room after accidental aspiration of an unquantifiable amount of Pyrofluid, a liquid mixture of high-boiling aliphatic/paraffin aromatic free hydrocarbons, during a fire-eating performance. A few minutes after the aspiration he started to feel sick, with shortness of breath and mild dry cough. On admission to our hospital, he had an episode of emesis and presented burning retrosternal chest pain and dyspnoea. Physical examination revealed oxygen saturation (SpO2) on ambient air of 92%, tachypnoea, tachycardia, normal temperature. Chest auscultation showed the presence of breath sounds without additional pathological sounds. The rest of the systemic examination was normal. Oropharyngoscopy was negative for oral lesions. ...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0040-6376
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218470
ID  - ref1
ER  -