Potassium permanganate ingestion as a suicide attempt
Potassium permanganate is a highly corrosive, water-soluble oxidizing antiseptic. A 68- year-old female patient was admitted to our Emergency Department after ingestion of 3 tablets of 250 mg potassium permanganate as a suicide attempt. The physical exam revealed brown stained lesions in the orophar...
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Materialtyp: | Artikel |
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MDPI AG
2012-02-01
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Serie: | Clinics and Practice |
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Länkar: | https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/442 |