Citation

Giberson TP, Kern JD, Pettigrew DW, Eaves CC, Haynes JF. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1989; 18(7): 778-779.

Affiliation

Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas 79920-5001.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2735599

Abstract

Fatal or near-fatal hydrogen peroxide ingestions are rarely encountered. We report the case of a 33-year-old woman who experienced seizure activity, respiratory arrest, and residual neurologic deficits after accidentally ingesting industrial-strength 35% hydrogen peroxide.

Language: en