Chloropicrin Poisoning Differential Diagnoses
- Author: Kermit D Huebner, MD, FACEP; Chief Editor: Robert G Darling, MD, FACEP more...
Differential Diagnoses
- Anaphylaxis
- Anxiety
- Bronchitis
- Burns, Chemical
- Burns, Ocular
- Burns, Thermal
- CBRNE - Chemical Warfare Agents
- CBRNE - Incendiary Agents, Magnesium and Thermite
- CBRNE - Irritants: Cs, Cn, Cnc, Ca, Cr, Cnb, PS
- CBRNE - Lung-Damaging Agents, Chlorine
- CBRNE - Lung-Damaging Agents, Diphosgene
- CBRNE - Lung-Damaging Agents, Phosgene
- CBRNE - Lung-Damaging Agents, Toxic Smokes: Nox, Hc, Rp, Fs, Fm, Sgf2, Teflon
- CBRNE - Urticants, Phosgene Oxime
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema
- Conjunctivitis
- Corneal Abrasion
- Corneal Ulceration and Ulcerative Keratitis
- Hazmat
- Pediatrics, Bronchiolitis
- Pediatrics, Croup or Laryngotracheobronchitis
- Pediatrics, Epiglottitis
- Pediatrics, Foreign Body Ingestion
- Pediatrics, Pneumonia
- Pediatrics, Reactive Airway Disease
- Pediatrics, Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Pneumonia, Aspiration
- Pneumonia, Bacterial
- Pneumonia, Empyema and Abscess
- Pneumonia, Immunocompromised
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Smoke Inhalation
- Sunburn
- Toxicity, Chlorine Gas
- Toxicity, Phosgene
- Ultraviolet Keratitis
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| 1 ppm* | Irritation with pain in the eyes |
| 4 ppm | Incapacitates exposed individuals |
| 20 ppm | Causes definite bronchial or pulmonary lesions |
| *Concentrations expressed in parts of material per million parts of air or water. | |

