Tear Gas
Etiology
- Chloroacetophenone (Mace)
- Orthochlorobenzamalonitrile
Physiology
- Tear Gas Inhalation
- Low-grade airway irritant (designed to incapacitate person only)
- Lower respiratory effects occur mainly in those exposed to high intensity in an enclosed space
Clinical Presentations
- Immediate Mucous Membrane Irritation
- Acute Lung Injury-ARDS (see Acute Lung Injury-ARDS, [[Acute Lung Injury-ARDS]])
- Epidemiology: may occur with high-level exposure in an enclosed space
- Diagnosis
- OLB: diffuse alveolar damage
- Treatment: corticosteroids may be beneficial, but are unproven
- Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome (see Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome, [[Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome]])
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