Near-fatal systemic oxygen embolism due to wound irrigation with hydrogen peroxide
| Autor: | Moshe Dudai, Mayer M. Bassan, Oded Shalev |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Male
medicine.medical_treatment chemistry.chemical_element Therapeutic irrigation Oxygen Clinical Reports chemistry.chemical_compound medicine Embolism Air Humans Surgical Wound Infection Embolization Hydrogen peroxide Therapeutic Irrigation Coma business.industry ST elevation General Medicine Hydrogen Peroxide Middle Aged medicine.disease chemistry Embolism Anesthesia Shock (circulatory) medicine.symptom business |
| Popis: | Summary Shock and coma developed suddenly in a 54-year-old male undergoing irrigation of an infected and fistulous herniorrhaphy wound with 3% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Marked ST elevation was seen in almost all electrocardiogram (ECG) leads. Within one hour the patient recovered completely, and the ECG returned to normal. The mechanism of this occurrence was most likely widespread embolization of oxygen microbubbles released from absorbed H2O2. The danger of hydrogen peroxide irrigation in closed spaces is emphasized. |
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