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Late‐onset respiratory distress after inhalation of laundry detergent
Author(s) -
Wheeler Derek S.,
Bonny Andrea E.,
Ruddy Richard M.,
Jacobs Brian R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.10248
Subject(s) - laundry , medicine , ingestion , respiratory distress , inhalation , emergency department , accidental , respiratory tract , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , respiratory system , waste management , nursing , physics , acoustics , engineering
Accidental poisoning with household cleaning products can pose significant risks to children. Exposure to granular laundry detergents accounts for a number of calls each year to poison control centers, though few of these exposures result in hospitalization. While caustic gastrointestinal injury resulting from ingestion of these highly alkaline cleaning agents is well‐recognized, few reports address the potential damage to the respiratory tract that can occur following ingestion or inhalation of granular laundry detergent. We present a previously healthy 1‐year‐old who presented to the emergency department with Late‐onset stridor and increased work of breathing following presumed inhalation of granular laundry detergent. Parents, primary care providers, and emergency department physicians need to be aware of the potential toxicity of these widely used household products. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003; 35:323–325. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.