Suicide Attempt by a Corrosive Agent Causing Unusual Outcomes and Complications

We commonly encounter patients in the emergency department who present after a suicide attempt. The methods can vary and present unique challenges depending on the nature of the attempt. We present an unsuccessful attempt via chemical ingestion that led to severe complications involving the ingestio...

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Autores principales: Breier, Yuli, Kushmakov, Robert, Banks, Wesley D, Guan, Bo, Langan, Danielle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37664338
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42861
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author Breier, Yuli
Kushmakov, Robert
Banks, Wesley D
Guan, Bo
Langan, Danielle
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description We commonly encounter patients in the emergency department who present after a suicide attempt. The methods can vary and present unique challenges depending on the nature of the attempt. We present an unsuccessful attempt via chemical ingestion that led to severe complications involving the ingestion of drain cleaner with both highly corrosive and caustic properties. The management and presentation are discussed in great detail to further investigate the best treatment plan for both acute and chronic complications.
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spelling pubmed-104735482023-09-02 Suicide Attempt by a Corrosive Agent Causing Unusual Outcomes and Complications Breier, Yuli Kushmakov, Robert Banks, Wesley D Guan, Bo Langan, Danielle Cureus Emergency Medicine We commonly encounter patients in the emergency department who present after a suicide attempt. The methods can vary and present unique challenges depending on the nature of the attempt. We present an unsuccessful attempt via chemical ingestion that led to severe complications involving the ingestion of drain cleaner with both highly corrosive and caustic properties. The management and presentation are discussed in great detail to further investigate the best treatment plan for both acute and chronic complications. Cureus 2023-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10473548/ /pubmed/37664338 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42861 Text en Copyright © 2023, Breier et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Suicide Attempt by a Corrosive Agent Causing Unusual Outcomes and Complications
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473548/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42861
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