Chest wall necrosis and death secondary to hydrochloric acid infusion for metabolic alkalosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 822-824

  Buchanan, Ian B ^a   Campbell, Brendan T ^a   Peck, Michael D ^a   Cairns, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line; Complication; Extravasation; Hydrochloric acid

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHEMICAL BURN; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NECROSIS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; THORAX WALL;

ALKALOSIS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 24144479968     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000172781.27664.87     Document Type: Article

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