Toxicity, Hydrocarbons: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

hydrocarbon toxicity, hydrocarbon aspiration, hydrocarbon poisoning, gasoline, turpentine, furniture polish, household cleansers, propellants, kerosene, pine oil, sniffing, huffing, bagging, aspiration pneumonitis, hemorrhage, hyperemia, edema, surfactant inactivation, leukocyte infiltration, vascular thrombosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, renal failure, cardiomyopathy

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Randy J Goldstein, MD, Emergency Department Medical Director, Las Palmas Medical Center
Randy J Goldstein, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Medical Editor

William T Zempsky, MD, Associate Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut and Connecticut Children's Medical Center
William T Zempsky, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Jeffrey R Tucker, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut and Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Jeffrey R Tucker, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Massachusetts Medical Society
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Paul D Petry, DO, FACOP, FAAP, Consulting Staff, Freeman Pediatric Care, Freeman Health System
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Timothy E Corden, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director, Policy Core, Injury Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin; Associate Director, PICU, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
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