Table 1 Details of the 12 hospitalized patients
From: Acute Symptoms after a Community Hydrogen Fluoride Spill
Age | Gender | Department | Date of admission | Date of discharge | Chief complaints | Diagnosis | Exposure characteristics | Clinical findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | M | IP†| 9/28 | 9/29 | Dyspnea | Gas inhalation | Worker | No abnormal findings |
51 | F | IP | 10/3 | 10/10 | Hemoptysis | Bronchitis | Adjacent resident | Bronchoscopy ; hyperemic, both bronchi edematous |
52 | M | IP | 10/3 | 10/8 | Blood-tinged sputum | Bronchitis | Governmental officials | Bronchoscopy ; both bronchi hyperemic |
44 | F | IP | 10/9 | 10/12 | Dyspnea | Gas inhalation | Worker | No abnormal findings |
52 | F | IP | 10/16 | 10/25 | Dyspnea | Toxic effect of HF* | Adjacent resident | Anxiety |
38 | M | IP | 10/24 | 10/26 | Hemoptysis | Bronchitis | Worker | Bronchoscopy ; both bronchi hyperemic |
44 | F | IG‡ | 10/6 | 10/10 | Nausea | Gastric ulcer | Adjacent resident | GIF++; gastric ulcer |
68 | F | IG | 10/9 | 10/12 | Nausea | Gas inhalation | Adjacent resident | GIF; chronic atropic gastritis |
25 | F | ENT§ | 10/6 | 10/11 | Sore throat | Acute pharyngotonsillitis | Worker | Pharyngeal injection |
57 | F | NR‖ | 10/4 | 10/8 | Numbness | Numbness | Other resident (Intake of contaminated crops) | No abnormal findings |
79 | F | NR | 10/9 | 10/12 | Headache | Chronic tension headache | Adjacent resident | No abnormal findings |
71 | F | PS** | 10/8 | 10/8 | Lip pain | Chemical burn on lower lip | Other Resident (intake of contaminated crops) | Swelling, erythema on lower lip |