HYDROFLUORIC-ACID - AN IGNORED TOXIC

Authors
VUYLSTEKE A
Citation
A. Vuylsteke, HYDROFLUORIC-ACID - AN IGNORED TOXIC, Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation, 13(3), 1994, pp. 429-432
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation → ACNP
ISSN journal
07507658
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
429 - 432
Database
ISI
SICI code
0750-7658(1994)13:3<429:H-AIT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Hydrofluoric acid has widespread uses in industry and at home. Its mec hanism of toxicity is the basis of a specific treatment. Cutaneous bur ns are the most common form of toxicity and the consequences can be ca tastrophic. Its insidious presentation can delay any therapeutic actio n, except if the physician is aware about it. A case report underlines the beneficial action of the intra-arterial infusion of calcium gluco nate.