Hydrocarbon Toxicity Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Michael D Levine, MD; Chief Editor: Asim Tarabar, MD   more...
 
Updated: Jun 10, 2011
 
 
 
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Michael D Levine, MD  Physician, Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center; Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Michael D Levine, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, American Medical Association, Emergency Medicine Residents Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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Chip Gresham, MD  Emergency Medicine Consultant and Toxicologist, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand

Chip Gresham, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine Residents Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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David A Peak, MD  Assistant Residency Director of Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital; Consulting Staff, Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

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John T VanDeVoort, PharmD  Regional Director of Pharmacy, Sacred Heart and St Joseph's Hospitals

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John G Benitez, MD, MPH  Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Managing Director, Tennessee Poison Center

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John D Halamka, MD, MS  Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Asim Tarabar, MD  Assistant Professor, Director, Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital

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Acknowledgments

The authors and editors of eMedicine gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous authors, Timothy P Barron, DO, and Jeremiah J Johnson, MD, to the development and writing of this article.

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Anteroposterior view of the chest of 14-month-old boy 30 hours after ingesting lamp oil. Note the central right lower lobe infiltrate obscuring the right heart border.
 
 
 
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