Hemorrhagic Encephalopathy From Acute Baking Soda Ingestion
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Hemorrhagic Encephalopathy From Acute Baking Soda Ingestion
Baking soda is a readily available household product composed of sodium bicarbonate. It can be used as a home remedy to treat dyspepsia. If used in excessive amounts, baking soda has the potential to cause a variety of serious metabolic abnormalities. We believe this is the first reported case of hemorrhagic encephalopathy induced by baking soda ingestion. Healthcare providers should be aware o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem2016.6.30713