Ice Hockey Lung – A Case of Mass Nitrogen Dioxide Poisoning in The Czech Republic | Zendy

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Ice Hockey Lung – A Case of Mass Nitrogen Dioxide Poisoning in The Czech Republic

Author(s) -

Kristián Brat,

Zdeněk Merta,

Marek Plutinský,

Jana Skřičková,

Miroslav Stanek Ing

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2013/237412

Subject(s) - medicine , ice hockey , czech , nitrogen dioxide , lung disease , emergency department , poison control , lung , surgery , medical emergency , meteorology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is a toxic gas, a product of combustion in malfunctioning ice-resurfacing machines. NO₂ poisoning is rare but potentially lethal. The authors report a case of mass NO₂ poisoning involving 15 amateur ice hockey players in the Czech Republic. All players were treated in the Department of Respiratory Diseases at Brno University Hospital in November 2010 - three as inpatients because they developed pneumonitis. All patients were followed-up until November 2011. Complete recovery in all but one patient was achieved by December 2010. None of the 15 patients developed asthma-like disease or chronic cough. Corticosteroids appeared to be useful in treatment. Electric-powered ice-resurfacing machines are preferable in indoor ice skating arenas.

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