期刊名称:The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN:2008-6520
电子版ISSN:2008-6814
出版年度:2014
卷号:5
期号:2
页码:409-8
语种:English
出版社:National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Health Organization
摘要:Occupational inhalation exposure to noxious agents is not uncommon. Herein, we present a 26-year-old male student who had accidental acute inhalation exposure to a large quantity of titanium ethanolate and hydrogen chloride in chemistry lab. He was referred to the emergency department of our hospital with low-grade fever, dyspnea, headache, fatigue and myalgia. After 24 hrs of symptomatic treatment (oxygen therapy and acetaminophen), the fever was subsided and the patient discharged home in a good clinical condition. The presented symptoms could be interpreted as a form of metal fume fever. It can therefore be concluded that organo-metallic compound of titanium metal may have the potential to produce metal fume fever in human.
关键词:Titanium; Metals; Fever; Inhalation exposure; Hydrochloric acid; Gas poisoning; Poisoning