Chest 1994 Jul;106(1):309-311. Acute lung disease after exposure to fly ash.
Published erratum appears in Chest 1994 Oct;106(4):1312
Shrivastava DK, Kapre SS, Cho K, Cho YJ
A 48-year-old man with no history of pulmonary disease developed acute lung disease after the intensive exposure of fly ash. He subsequently had progressive worsening of shortness of breath and hypoxemia to the point of requiring mechanical ventilation. Fly ash is a compound consisting of silicon dioxide and various other substances and is used in industrial settings to generate electricity. Exposure to fly ash may cause irritation to the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract and even pulmonary fibrosis in humans. To our knowledge, this is the first case report described in the medical literature of acute lung disease developing after fly ash exposure.
PMID: 8020301, MUID: 94291411
