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Lung Transplantation for Chronic Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury [PDF]

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016
In the spring of 2011, a cluster of lung injuries caused by humidifier disinfectant (HD) usage were reported in Korea. Many patients required mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and even lung transplantation (LTPL).
Won-Young Kim, So-Woon Kim, Kyung-Wook Jo, Sae Hoon Choi, Hyung Ryul Kim, Yong-Hee Kim, Dong Kwan Kim, Seung-Il Park, Sang-Bum Hong   +8 more
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COVID-19 in a Patient Previously Exposed to Toxic Disinfectant from a Humidifier [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2022
In August, 2011, the Korean Public Health Surveillance declared an outbreak of pulmonary disease due to the inhalation of humidifier disinfectants (HDs), which led to approximately 20,000 deaths.
Seok Hwa Youn, Sung Soo Hong, Sun Young Baek, Younghwan Kim   +3 more
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Psychological Responses among Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster Victims and Their Families. [PDF]

J Korean Med Sci, 2019
To substantiate psychological symptoms following humidifier disinfectant (HD) disasters, counseling records of 26 victims and 92 family members of victims (45 were bereaved) were analyzed retrospectively. Among the victims, 34.6% had Clinical Global Impression-Severity scores of over 4, which meant they were moderately ill.
Yoo S, Sim M, Choi J, Jeon K, Shin J, Chung S, Hong SB, Lee SY, Hong SJ.   +8 more
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Humidifier disinfectant, sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC): assessment of respiratory effects to protect workers’ health [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
In South Korea, it has been found that biocides used to control and eliminate harmful organisms are used as humidifier disinfectants and cause lung disease in users.
DongSeok Seo, Yong-Hoon Lee, JiMin Jo
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Humidifier Disinfectant–associated Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2014
Beginning in 2006, epidemics of a fatal lung injury of unknown cause in children were observed in Korea every spring. A recent study demonstrated that this type of children's interstitial lung disease (chILD) is associated with humidifier disinfectant use.To determine the clinical characteristics of this type of chILD and to assess whether the ...
Kyung Won, Kim, Kangmo, Ahn, Hyeon Jong, Yang, Sooyoung, Lee, June Dong, Park, Woo Kyung, Kim, Jin-Tack, Kim, Hyun Hee, Kim, Yeong Ho, Rha, Yong Mean, Park, Myung Hyun, Sohn, Jae-Won, Oh, Hae Ran, Lee, Dae Hyun, Lim, Ji Tae, Choung, Man Yong, Han, Eun, Lee, Hyung-Young, Kim, Ju-Hee, Seo, Byoung-Ju, Kim, Young Ah, Cho, Kyung-Hyun, Do, Sun-A, Kim, Se-Jin, Jang, Moo-Song, Lee, Hwa-Jung, Kim, Geun-Yong, Kwon, Ji-Hyuk, Park, Jin, Gwack, Seung-Ki, Youn, Jun-Wook, Kwon, Byung-Yool, Jun, Bok Yang, Pyun, Soo-Jong, Hong   +33 more
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Mental health impact on a humidifier disinfectant disaster victim: a case report. [PDF]

Ann Occup Environ Med, 2020
In Korea, the cause of lung disease of unknown origin was identified as humidifier disinfectants in November 2011. In February 2017, the 'Special Act on Remedy for Damage Caused by Humidifier Disinfectants' was promulgated. Even though emotional and mental injuries caused by humidifier disinfectants have been reported, the focus of the special act has ...
Lee YS, Nam MW, Kim HI, Kim HC, Mun EC, Park SY.   +5 more
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Major concerns regarding lung injury and related health conditions caused by the use of humidifier disinfectant [PDF]

Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016
A total of 221 patients were evaluated to be humidifier disinfectant associated with lung injury (HDLI) through two rounds of programs through April 2015. The humidifier disinfectant (HD) brands most often associated with HDLI were found to be Oxy (n=151,
Donguk Park
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NOTCH1 Pathway is Involved in Polyhexamethylene Guanidine-Induced Humidifier Disinfectant Lung Injuries. [PDF]

Yonsei Med J, 2020
An outbreak of fatal humidifier disinfectant lung injuries (HDLI) occurred in Korea. Human studies on mechanisms underlying HDLI have yet to be conducted. This study aimed to investigate methylation changes and their potential role in HDLI after exposure to HDs containing polyhexamethylene guanidine-phosphate.
Lee E, Kang MJ, Kim JH, Lee SH, Lee SY, Cho HJ, Yoon J, Jung S, Park Y, Oh DK, Hong SB, Hong SJ.   +11 more
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Integrated evidence supports a causal association between PHMG-P exposure and pneumonitis [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health
Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG-P) is a guanidine-based disinfectant previously used in household humidifiers in Korea. This study evaluated whether PHMG-P exposure is causally linked to pneumonitis by integrating epidemiological ...
Yong Joo Park, Hye-Jin Kim, Youngmee Lee, Haewon Kim, Ha Ryong Kim, Jaiyong Kim, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Mina Ha, Kyu Hyuck Chung   +8 more
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Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury: Six Years after the Tragic Event. [PDF]

Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul), 2017
In 2011, a cluster of peripartum patients were admitted to the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Seoul with signs and symptoms of severe respiratory distress of unknown etiology. Subsequent epidemiological and animal studies suggested that humidifier disinfectant (HD) might represent the source of this pathology.
Kim WY, Hong SB.
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