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Published on: April 28, 2020
[Acute poisoning due to barium chloride--case report]
Sebastian Picheta1, Tomasz Kłopotowski, Mariusz Kicka
1Instytut Medycyny Pracy i Zdrowia Srodowiskowego w Sosnowcu, Oddział Toksykologii Klinicznej z Regionalnym Ośrodkiem Ostrych Zatruć. yaris22@wp.pl
Abstract:
We reported a case of 52-years-old male, suffering from alcohol dependence, who ingested 20-30 ml 10% barium chloride solution as a substitute of ethanol. We observed gastrointestinal disturbances (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), numbness and paresthesias of limbs, severe hypokalemia (1.29 mmol/l) resulting in general paralysis of skeleton muscles, dysarthria and dysphagia, ventricular arrhythmias. This patient was treated successfully with potassium chloride supplementation and was discharged after 9 days.
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