RT Book, Section
A1 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174606377
T1 METAL FUME FEVER
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174606377
RD 2024/10/04
AB Metal  fume  fever  is  an  acute  febrile  illness  caused  by  the  inhalation  of  respirable  particles  (fume)  of  zinc  oxide.  Although  metal  fume  fever  is  invoked  as  a  generic  effect  of  exposure  to  numerous  other  metal  oxides  (copper,  cadmium,  iron,  magnesium,  and  manganese),  there  is  little  evidence  to  support  this  (although  some  of  those  metals  can  cause  acute  lung  injury).  Metal  fume  fever  usually  occurs  in  workplace  settings  involving  welding,  melting,  or  flame-cutting  galvanized  metal  (zinc-coated  steel),  or  in  brass  foundry  operations.  Zinc  chloride  from  smoke  bombs  can  cause  severe  lung  injury,  but  does  not  cause  metal  fume  fever.