Fatal ingestion of sodium hypochlorite bleach with associated hypernatremia and hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-86

  Ross, Mitchell P ^a,b   Spiller, Henry A ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY REGIONAL POISON CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; FLUMAZENIL; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; NALOXONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHLOREMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACIDOSIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SUICIDE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032893059     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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