Citation

Babl FE, Kharsch S, Woolf A. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1998; 16(5): 514-516.

Affiliation

Pediatric Emergency Department, Boston Medical Center, MA 02118.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9725970

Abstract

Household bleach is a frequent nonpharmaceutical childhood ingestion in the US. It is regarded as a benign ingestion. A rare presentation is reported of poisoning by low-concentration hypochlorite household bleach in a toddler that led to severe respiratory sequelae. The literature on respiratory and nonrespiratory sequelae of liquid household bleach ingestion is reviewed.

Language: en