Titre du document / Document title
Intravenous injection of household bleach
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
MORGAN D. L. ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
Univ. Texas southwestern medical school, div. emergency medicine, Dallas TX 75235-8579, ETATS-UNIS
Résumé / Abstract
The widespread use of household bleach (5.25% sodium hypochlorite) as a disinfectant by IV drug users may cause an increase in the number of IV injections of this substance. We report the case of a 31-year-old man who injected less than 1 mL of bleach and then experienced transient left-sided chest pain and vomiting. The patient did not have any serious complications. This report is similar to the only other reported case in the medical literature of an IV injection of a small amount of bleach. Based on these two reports, household bleach appears to be safe when used as a disinfectant by IV drug users, but more studies are needed
Revue / Journal Title
Annals of emergency medicine
ISSN
0196-0644
CODEN AEMED3
Source / Source
1992, vol. 21, n
o11, pp. 1394-1395 (11 ref.)
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Elsevier, New York, NY, ETATS-UNIS
(1980)
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Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 19670, 35400003189736.0190
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 4322820
