Charcoal-Containing Empyema Complicating Treatment for Overdose

Charcoal-Containing Empyema Complicating Treatment for Overdose

A 25-year-old man was treated with gastric lavage and activated charcoal for alcohol and drug overdose; immediately following the initial treatment he developed tension pneumothorax successfully managed with a chest tube. The patient presented four weeks later with a charcoal-containing empyema, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chest 1985-03, Vol.87 (3), p.404-405
Hauptverfasser: Justiniani, Federico R., Hippalgaonkar, Rajendra, Martinez, Luis O.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Alcoholic Intoxication - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Charcoal - adverse effects
Charcoal - therapeutic use
Drug addictions
Empyema - etiology
Humans
Inhalation
Male
Medical sciences
Methaqualone - poisoning
Pneumothorax - etiology
Toxicology
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Zusammenfassung:A 25-year-old man was treated with gastric lavage and activated charcoal for alcohol and drug overdose; immediately following the initial treatment he developed tension pneumothorax successfully managed with a chest tube. The patient presented four weeks later with a charcoal-containing empyema, an unreported condition heretofore.
ISSN:0012-3692
1931-3543
DOI:10.1378/chest.87.3.404