Methyl Isocyanate
Epidemiology
- Involved in Bhopal, India industrial accident
Etiology
Physiology
- Methyl Isocyanate Inhalation
- Respiratory Irritant: no cyanide-mediated mechanism is involved
Clinical
- Cough (see Cough, [[Cough]])
- Acute Lung Injury-ARDS (see xxxxx, [[Acute Lung Injury-ARDS]])
- Pathology: diffuse alveolar damage
- Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome (see Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome, [[Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome]])
Treatment
- Steroids: may be benficial in acute lung injury, but are unproven
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