Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion

Hydrogen peroxide ingestion can cause gastric irritation and gas embolism; however, most reported cases are from the highly concentrated (≥35%) solution used in the industry and data on household-used 3% solution ingestion is scarce. We report a case of a portal vein gas embolism after ingestion of...

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Autores principales: Sung, Joowhan, Cossarini, Francesca, Palaiodimos, Leonidas, Benson, Benjamin, Meholli, Mimoza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29616158
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2136
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author Sung, Joowhan
Cossarini, Francesca
Palaiodimos, Leonidas
Benson, Benjamin
Meholli, Mimoza
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description Hydrogen peroxide ingestion can cause gastric irritation and gas embolism; however, most reported cases are from the highly concentrated (≥35%) solution used in the industry and data on household-used 3% solution ingestion is scarce. We report a case of a portal vein gas embolism after ingestion of 3% hydrogen peroxide. The patient was managed conservatively with antacids and improved in 48 hours. Endoscopy and hyperbaric treatment were considered but not pursued. This is the fifth reported case of gas embolism after 3% hydrogen peroxide ingestion and stands in line with other reports where the patients improved with conservative management.
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spelling pubmed-58780922018-04-03 Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion Sung, Joowhan Cossarini, Francesca Palaiodimos, Leonidas Benson, Benjamin Meholli, Mimoza Cureus Emergency Medicine Hydrogen peroxide ingestion can cause gastric irritation and gas embolism; however, most reported cases are from the highly concentrated (≥35%) solution used in the industry and data on household-used 3% solution ingestion is scarce. We report a case of a portal vein gas embolism after ingestion of 3% hydrogen peroxide. The patient was managed conservatively with antacids and improved in 48 hours. Endoscopy and hyperbaric treatment were considered but not pursued. This is the fifth reported case of gas embolism after 3% hydrogen peroxide ingestion and stands in line with other reports where the patients improved with conservative management. Cureus 2018-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5878092/ /pubmed/29616158 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2136 Text en Copyright © 2018, Sung et al. http://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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Cossarini, Francesca
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Benson, Benjamin
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Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion
title Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion
title_full Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion
title_fullStr Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion
title_full_unstemmed Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion
title_short Extra Oxygen Leads to Bubble Trouble: Portal Vein Gas Embolism from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion
title_sort extra oxygen leads to bubble trouble: portal vein gas embolism from 3% hydrogen peroxide ingestion
topic Emergency Medicine
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