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Hemorrhagic Encephalopathy From Acute Baking Soda Ingestion

Baking soda is a readily available household product composed of sodium bicarbonate. It can be used as a home remedy to treat dyspepsia. If used in excessive amounts, baking soda has the potential to cause a variety of serious metabolic abnormalities. We believe this is the first reported case of he...

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Autores principales: Hughes, Adrienne, Brown, Alisha, Valento, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5017849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625729
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem2016.6.30713
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description Baking soda is a readily available household product composed of sodium bicarbonate. It can be used as a home remedy to treat dyspepsia. If used in excessive amounts, baking soda has the potential to cause a variety of serious metabolic abnormalities. We believe this is the first reported case of hemorrhagic encephalopathy induced by baking soda ingestion. Healthcare providers should be aware of the dangers of baking soda misuse and the associated adverse effects.
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spelling pubmed-50178492016-09-13 Hemorrhagic Encephalopathy From Acute Baking Soda Ingestion Hughes, Adrienne Brown, Alisha Valento, Matthew West J Emerg Med Diagnostic Acumen Baking soda is a readily available household product composed of sodium bicarbonate. It can be used as a home remedy to treat dyspepsia. If used in excessive amounts, baking soda has the potential to cause a variety of serious metabolic abnormalities. We believe this is the first reported case of hemorrhagic encephalopathy induced by baking soda ingestion. Healthcare providers should be aware of the dangers of baking soda misuse and the associated adverse effects. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2016-09 2016-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5017849/ /pubmed/27625729 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem2016.6.30713 Text en © 2016 Hughes et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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title_fullStr Hemorrhagic Encephalopathy From Acute Baking Soda Ingestion
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title_short Hemorrhagic Encephalopathy From Acute Baking Soda Ingestion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5017849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625729
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem2016.6.30713
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