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Chemical pneumonitis medical therapy
Introduction
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]
Medical Therapy
Medical Therapy
- Tracheal suction (observed aspiration). However, the initial lung injury can’t be prevented as it occurs rapidly
Supportive Pulmonary Therapy
- 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