Complications and management of acute copper sulphate poisoning; a case discussion

Copper sulphate ingestion (accidental or deliberate) is a rare form of poisoning usually limited to the Indian subcontinent. Though the rates are on the decline, it is essential that physicians are aware of its lethal complications and management strategies. The main complications of copper sulphate...

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Autores principales: Gamakaranage, Champika SSK, Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Weerasinghe, Sajitha, Gnanathasan, Ariaranee, Puvanaraj, Visvalingam, Fernando, Harshani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3269987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22182712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-6-34
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author Gamakaranage, Champika SSK
Rodrigo, Chaturaka
Weerasinghe, Sajitha
Gnanathasan, Ariaranee
Puvanaraj, Visvalingam
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Weerasinghe, Sajitha
Gnanathasan, Ariaranee
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description Copper sulphate ingestion (accidental or deliberate) is a rare form of poisoning usually limited to the Indian subcontinent. Though the rates are on the decline, it is essential that physicians are aware of its lethal complications and management strategies. The main complications of copper sulphate ingestion include intravascular haemolysis, methaemoglobinaemia, acute kidney injury and rhabdomyolysis. The lethal dose can be as small as 10 grams. We have explored the complications of acute copper sulphate poisoning with examples from two case presentations. We also recommend measures for prevention of such events.
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spelling pubmed-32699872012-02-02 Complications and management of acute copper sulphate poisoning; a case discussion Gamakaranage, Champika SSK Rodrigo, Chaturaka Weerasinghe, Sajitha Gnanathasan, Ariaranee Puvanaraj, Visvalingam Fernando, Harshani J Occup Med Toxicol Case Report Copper sulphate ingestion (accidental or deliberate) is a rare form of poisoning usually limited to the Indian subcontinent. Though the rates are on the decline, it is essential that physicians are aware of its lethal complications and management strategies. The main complications of copper sulphate ingestion include intravascular haemolysis, methaemoglobinaemia, acute kidney injury and rhabdomyolysis. The lethal dose can be as small as 10 grams. We have explored the complications of acute copper sulphate poisoning with examples from two case presentations. We also recommend measures for prevention of such events. BioMed Central 2011-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3269987/ /pubmed/22182712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-6-34 Text en Copyright ©2011 Gamakaranage et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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