Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report

Sodium fluoride is an accessible and frequently used compound that if ingested can cause ventricular dysrhythmias, hemorrhage, and death. We present a case report of a 21-year-old female who presented following an intentional ingestion of a lethal dose of sodium fluoride, developing massive hemorrha...

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Autores principales: Bridwell, Rachel E, Carius, Brandon M, Tomich, Eric B, Maddry, Joseph K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497452
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5025
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description Sodium fluoride is an accessible and frequently used compound that if ingested can cause ventricular dysrhythmias, hemorrhage, and death. We present a case report of a 21-year-old female who presented following an intentional ingestion of a lethal dose of sodium fluoride, developing massive hemorrhage and cardiac arrest.
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spelling pubmed-67167662019-09-06 Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report Bridwell, Rachel E Carius, Brandon M Tomich, Eric B Maddry, Joseph K Cureus Emergency Medicine Sodium fluoride is an accessible and frequently used compound that if ingested can cause ventricular dysrhythmias, hemorrhage, and death. We present a case report of a 21-year-old female who presented following an intentional ingestion of a lethal dose of sodium fluoride, developing massive hemorrhage and cardiac arrest. Cureus 2019-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6716766/ /pubmed/31497452 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5025 Text en Copyright © 2019, Bridwell 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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Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report
title Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report
title_full Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report
title_fullStr Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report
title_short Intentional Toxic Ingestion of Sodium Fluoride: A Case Report
title_sort intentional toxic ingestion of sodium fluoride: a case report
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497452
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5025
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