Journal article
Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome in Three Police Officers following a Roadside Chemical Spill
Chest, v 98(4), pp 928-929
Oct 1990
PMID: 2209150
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Abstract
The reactive airway dysfunction syndrome (RADS) is a recently described syndrome in which bronchial hyperreactivity and asthmatic symptoms develop in previously healthy individuals after a single large exposure to an irritating gas, fume, or vapor. We report a cluster of three Philadelphia police officers who developed RADS after a common exposure to toxic fumes from a roadside truck accident. Results of initial pulmonary function testing were normal in all three, and methacholine challenge was required for diagnosis in two out of the three. This syndrome needs to be recognized by physicians dealing with environmental or industrial medicine as a potential cause of loss of work or inability to perform on the job. Also, there is a potential for multiple individuals to develop this syndrome from a single incident.
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- Title
- Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome in Three Police Officers following a Roadside Chemical Spill
- Creators
- Robert A. Promisloff - Hahnemann University HospitalAn Phan - Medical Resident, Division of Internal MedicineGregory S. Lenchner - Hahnemann University HospitalAndrew V Cichelli - Hahnemann University Hospital
- Publication Details
- Chest, v 98(4), pp 928-929
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medicine (Graduate)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1990EB16700034
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0025051501
- Other Identifier
- 991019184215704721
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- Critical Care Medicine
- Respiratory System