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Acute severe bronchoconstriction precipitated by coal tar bandages
Author(s) -
IBBOTSON S.H.,
STENTON S.C.,
SIMPSON N.B.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1995.tb01286.x
Subject(s) - bronchoconstriction , medicine , coal tar , tar (computing) , inhalation , anesthesia , coal , waste management , airway , computer science , engineering , programming language
Summary We report the occurrence of severe symptomatic bronchoconstriction in an atopic asthmatic subject following the application of coal tar bandages. Investigations showed that this was likely to have been caused by inhalation of coal tar vapour. We suggest that coal tar preparations should be used with caution in asthmatic subjects.