Exposure
- Smoke Bomb Exposure (used by military and police): potent lower respiratory tract irritant
Physiology
- Zinc Chloride Gas Inhalation: zinc chloride results from chemical reaction between hexachloroethane + zinc oxide
- Zinc chloride is a potent lower respiratory tract irritant
Clinical Presentations
- Acute Lung Injury-ARDS (see Acute Lung Injury-ARDS, [[Acute Lung Injury-ARDS]])
- Pathology: diffuse alveolar damage
- Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome (see Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome, [[Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome]])
Treatment
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References
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