Ammonium dichromate poisoning: A rare cause of acute kidney injury

Ammonium dichromate is an inorganic compound frequently used in screen and color printing. Being a strong oxidizing agent, it causes oxygen free radical injury resulting in organ failure. We report a 25-year-old female who presented with acute kidney injury after consumption of ammonium dichromate....

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Autores principales: Radhakrishnan, H., Gopi, M., Arumugam, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25484533
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133781
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description Ammonium dichromate is an inorganic compound frequently used in screen and color printing. Being a strong oxidizing agent, it causes oxygen free radical injury resulting in organ failure. We report a 25-year-old female who presented with acute kidney injury after consumption of ammonium dichromate. She was managed successfully with hemodialysis and supportive measures. This case is reported to highlight the toxicity of ammonium dichromate.
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spelling pubmed-42447192014-12-05 Ammonium dichromate poisoning: A rare cause of acute kidney injury Radhakrishnan, H. Gopi, M. Arumugam, A. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Ammonium dichromate is an inorganic compound frequently used in screen and color printing. Being a strong oxidizing agent, it causes oxygen free radical injury resulting in organ failure. We report a 25-year-old female who presented with acute kidney injury after consumption of ammonium dichromate. She was managed successfully with hemodialysis and supportive measures. This case is reported to highlight the toxicity of ammonium dichromate. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4244719/ /pubmed/25484533 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.133781 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ammonium dichromate poisoning: A rare cause of acute kidney injury
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title_full Ammonium dichromate poisoning: A rare cause of acute kidney injury
title_fullStr Ammonium dichromate poisoning: A rare cause of acute kidney injury
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25484533
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