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Case Report
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| Iron pill induced bronchitis |
| Lisette Delgado-Sanchez1, Paramjeet Atwal1, Padmanabhan Krishnan2 |
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1Fellow Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2Attending Pulmonary and Critical Care service, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. |
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doi:10.5348/ijcri-2012-04-112-CR-9
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Address correspondence to: Lisette Delgado-Sanchez MD Coney Island Hospital 2461 Ocean Parkway suite 9 Brooklyn NY 11235 USA Phone: 718-616-3171, 786-208-7182 Fax: 718-616-4071 Email: yilibet@yahoo.com |
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| Delgado-Sanchez L, Atwal P, Krishnan P. Iron pill induced bronchitis. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2012;3(4):34–36. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Pill induced esophagitis and gastritis is well described.
Case Report: We describe a patient who aspirated an iron pill and developed acute bronchitis with hemoptysis and localized airway obstruction. Conclusion: We report this case in order to heighten awareness of this entity. | |
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Key Words:
Iron Pill bronchitis
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Author Contributions:
Lisette Delgado-Sanchez - Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Paramjeet Atwal - Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Padmanabhan Krishnan - Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission:
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support:
None |
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Conflict of interest:
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright:
© Lisette Delgado-Sanchez et. al. 2012; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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