Symptoms? Fatal dosing? Mechanism? Treatment?
- Humans can smell at 3 ppm, this causes mild mucus membrane
- As concentration increases, smell strength increases, which is associated with worse lung injury
- -@400 ppm; 30 minutes is fatal, @>1000ppm, instantly fatal.
- Creates HOCl leading to direct injury of the lung tissue
- Supportive, nebulized Bicarb is a safe approach