SYSTEMIC FLUORIDE TOXICITY IN A CHILD WITH HYDROFLUORIC-ACID BURNS - CASE-REPORT

Authors
BORDELON BM SAFFLE JR MORRIS SE
Citation
Bm. Bordelon et al., SYSTEMIC FLUORIDE TOXICITY IN A CHILD WITH HYDROFLUORIC-ACID BURNS - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 34(3), 1993, pp. 437-439
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
437 - 439
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We report the case of a 14-month-old child with hydrofluoric acid burn s who suffered cardiac arrest in association with profound hypocalcemi a and hyperfluoridemia. Successful treatment included topical, subesch ar, and intravenous calcium gluconate administration.