A case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management

Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (MEKP) is a highly toxic clear liquid used as a solvent. It is a strong oxidizing agent and a corrosive. Acute and chronic toxicity can occur as an occupational hazard. Ingestion is associated with corrosive burns leading to stricture formation, inhalational pneumonitis,...

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Autores principales: Liyanage, Isurujith K., Navinan, Mitrakrishnan R., Pathirana, A C A, Herath, H R I S, Yudhishdran, Jevon, Fernandopulle, Nilesh, Kulatunga, Aruna
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12995-015-0071-8
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author Liyanage, Isurujith K.
Navinan, Mitrakrishnan R.
Pathirana, A C A
Herath, H R I S
Yudhishdran, Jevon
Fernandopulle, Nilesh
Kulatunga, Aruna
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Navinan, Mitrakrishnan R.
Pathirana, A C A
Herath, H R I S
Yudhishdran, Jevon
Fernandopulle, Nilesh
Kulatunga, Aruna
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description Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (MEKP) is a highly toxic clear liquid used as a solvent. It is a strong oxidizing agent and a corrosive. Acute and chronic toxicity can occur as an occupational hazard. Ingestion is associated with corrosive burns leading to stricture formation, inhalational pneumonitis, acidosis, liver failure and renal failure. In this paper we present a case of a young patient who intentionally ingested MEKP. The patient developed multiple complications including proximal intestinal obstruction, acidosis and acute kidney injury. He was managed conservatively and recovered after a prolonged hospital stay. He had multiple inflammatory strictures on esophageal endoscopy, which improved over 3–6 moths.
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spelling pubmed-45214572015-08-01 A case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management Liyanage, Isurujith K. Navinan, Mitrakrishnan R. Pathirana, A C A Herath, H R I S Yudhishdran, Jevon Fernandopulle, Nilesh Kulatunga, Aruna J Occup Med Toxicol Case Report Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (MEKP) is a highly toxic clear liquid used as a solvent. It is a strong oxidizing agent and a corrosive. Acute and chronic toxicity can occur as an occupational hazard. Ingestion is associated with corrosive burns leading to stricture formation, inhalational pneumonitis, acidosis, liver failure and renal failure. In this paper we present a case of a young patient who intentionally ingested MEKP. The patient developed multiple complications including proximal intestinal obstruction, acidosis and acute kidney injury. He was managed conservatively and recovered after a prolonged hospital stay. He had multiple inflammatory strictures on esophageal endoscopy, which improved over 3–6 moths. BioMed Central 2015-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4521457/ /pubmed/26236387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12995-015-0071-8 Text en © Liyanage et al. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Liyanage, Isurujith K.
Navinan, Mitrakrishnan R.
Pathirana, A C A
Herath, H R I S
Yudhishdran, Jevon
Fernandopulle, Nilesh
Kulatunga, Aruna
A case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management
title A case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management
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title_fullStr A case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management
title_full_unstemmed A case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management
title_short A case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management
title_sort case of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide poisoning and a review of complications and their management
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12995-015-0071-8
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