A breath of not so fresh air…

João Pinto Pereira; Philippe Hantson; Thierry Pieters; Matveï Apraxine; Antoine Froidure

doi:10.1183/20734735.0026-2022

A breath of not so fresh air…

Breathe (Sheff). 2022 Sep;18(3):220026. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0026-2022. Epub 2022 Oct 11.

Authors

João Pinto Pereira¹, Philippe Hantson^{2

3}, Thierry Pieters¹, Matveï Apraxine¹, Antoine Froidure^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
² Department of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract

Despite being widely used as a recreational drug, "poppers" lack a legal framework for their delivery. Their composition may vary largely. This report describes a case of severe bronchiolitis following amyl nitrite mixture inhalation. https://bit.ly/3p3S7LM.

Publication types

Case Reports