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Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury: Six Years after the Tragic Event

Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases,
2017, v.80 no.4, pp.351-357


& (2017). Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury: Six Years after the Tragic Event. Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, 80(4), 351-357.
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Abstract

In 2011, a cluster of peripartum patients were admitted to the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Seoul with signs and symptoms of severe respiratory distress of unknown etiology. Subsequent epidemiological and animal studies suggested that humidifier disinfectant (HD) might represent the source of this pathology. Epidemiological studies, animal studies, and dose-response analysis demonstrated a strong association between HD use and lung injuries. The diagnostic criteria for HD-associated lung injury (HDALI) was defined on the basis of the clinical, pathological, and radiological attributes of the patients. The clinical spectrum of HDALI appears to range from asymptomatic to full-blown acute respiratory failure, and some patients have required actual lung transplantation for survival. The overall mortality of the exposed population was not significant, although peripartum patients and children who were admitted to the intensive care unit did show high mortality rates. Persistent clinical findings such as diffuse ill-defined centrilobular nodules and restrictive lung dysfunction were observed in some of the survivors. The findings of this review emphasize the importance of assessment of the level of toxicity of chemical inhalants utilized in a home setting, as well as the need to identify and monitor afflicted individuals after inhalational injury.

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Humidifiers, Disinfectants, Lung Injury, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Review

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