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Systemic fluoride toxicity in a child with hydrofluoric acid burns: case report
B M Bordelon1, J R Saffle, S E Morris
1Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.
The Journal of Trauma
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report the case of a 14-month-old child with hydrofluoric acid burns who suffered cardiac arrest in association with profound hypocalcemia and hyperfluoridemia. Successful treatment included topical, subeschar, and intravenous calcium gluconate administration.