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Near-fatal hydrogen peroxide ingestion
T P Giberson1, J D Kern, D W Pettigrew
1Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas 79920-5001.
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|July 1, 1989
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.