Chemical pneumonitis medical therapy

Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Phone:617-632-7753; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.D. [2]

• Tracheal suction (observed aspiration). However, the initial lung injury can’t be prevented as it occurs rapidly

• Positive pressure ventilation
• Intravenous fluids (high molecular weight colloid)
• Sodium nitroprusside infusion in the pulmonary artery
• Mechanical ventilation (if respiratory failure)
• Antimicrobial agents prophylactically for superimposed bacterial infection
• Use of steroids is controversial

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