Title: Acute Lung Injury Following Accidental Exposure to LPG in a Young Adolescent Male
Authors: Sanjay Fotedar, Sudhir Kumar Atri, Homdutt, Arun Kumar
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i12.46
Abstract
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) a common domestic and commercial fuel and being in worldwide uses, poses potential toxic health hazards. Toxicity due to LPG exposure varies between the clinical spectrum of mild symptoms to life threatening event in form of cardiac, respiratory and neurological complications as reported in literature. We presenting a case of young adolescent with accidental exposure to LPG presented as acute lung injury.
Keywords: Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG), acute lung injury.