Acute chlorine poisoning. a study of 84 cases

Ramachandran, K.A.; Chawla, I.S.; Khokhar, P.

Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 38(7): 489-490

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772
PMID: 2292556
Document Number: 349407
Eighty four cases with acute chlorine poisoning who reported between 1/2 hour to 2 hours after exposure were studied. A majority presented with features of upper respiratory tract involvement like irritative cough (70 cases) and oropharyngeal pruritus (60 cases). Bronchospasm was present in 15 cases. None of them had any residual impairment of pulmonary function 4 weeks after exposure.

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