Abstract:
Objective To explore chest image features of patients with acute chlorine poisoning and their clinical values.
Methods A retrospective analysis was performed by chest image features of 117 patients with acute chlorine poisoning. All the patients were classified according to Chinese management of occupational acute chlorine poisoning diagnosis standard.
Results Sixty-five patients presented with stimulus response, and normal or both lungs had a little more white on their chest images. Thirty-one cases presented with minor poisoning, and without or the texture of both lungs was increased, and grew hazy and coarse. seventeen cases were moderate, and small sample vague shadows or single or multiple limitations lamellar shadow. Four cases were serious, and two lungs had extensive and density homogeneous consolidation shadow.
Conclusions It would make the diagnosis and assessment of chlorine poisoning more easier based on the combination of chest image features, the clear history of acute chlorine poisoning and relevant clinical performance.
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