Authors: K. Boušová-Kostelníková Authors‘ workplace: Klinika nemocí z povolání LF a FN, Hradec Králové, přednosta doc. MUDr. P. Hassman, CSc. Published in: Prakt. Lék. 1999; (4): 207-209 Category:
The author describes development of pulmonary oedema during intoxication with nitrogenoxides in a worker who welded in a closed vessel. The author emphasises that it is essential touse protective equipment (masks with a forced current of clean air) during welding in closedspaces. The author draws attention to a typical phenomenon found in nitrous gases, i.e. thatthere is a certain latent period between exposure and manifestation of symptoms.
Key words: welding - nitrogen oxides - pulmonary oedema.
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