This report describes the occurrence of pneumonitis in a young male immediately after inhalation of aerosolized chemicals subsequent to motor vehicle airbag deployment. The clinical presentation was one of mild shortness of breath associated with bilateral alveolar infiltrates on chest radiology. Not previously described, this diagnosis should be considered in the differential of pulmonary infiltrates in motor vehicle crash patients.
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Caudle, J. M., Hawkes, R., Howes, D. W., & Brison, R. J. (2007). Airbag pneumonitis: A report and discussion of a new clinical entity. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 9(6), 470–473. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1481803500015542
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