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An outbreak of a food-related illness resembling boric acid poisoning.

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An outbreak of an illness suggestive of boric acid poisoning occurred among 51 persons who had eaten lunch at the cafeteria of the United States Agency for International Development in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 11, 1990. Affected patients had headache and severe myalgias 2 to 4 hours after

Fatal ingestion of boric acid in an adult.

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A 45-year-old white man ingested approximately two cups of boric acid crystals dissolved in water in a suicide attempt. Nausea, vomiting, greenish diarrhea, and dehydration occurred shortly thereafter. Two days later, he presented to the hospital with hypotension, metabolic acidosis, oliguric renal

BORIC ACID POISONING: REPORT OF 11 CASES.

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Boric acid poisoning in 11 infants, occurring in the newborn nursery as a result of the accidental and inadvertent use of 2.5% boric acid in the preparation of the formulae, is reported. Five of the infants died. All except two exhibited the classical symptomatology of acute boric acid poisoning,

Usefulness of forced diuresis for acute boric acid poisoning in an adult.

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BACKGROUND Boric acid is generally not recognized as a poisonous substance. However, boric acid has potentially fatal actions such as hypotension, metabolic acidosis and oliguria. Death may result from circulation collapse and shock. OBJECTIVE We present a clinical case history of the successful use

An outbreak of aflatoxicosis and boric acid poisoning in Malaysia: a clinicopathological study.

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An outbreak of food poisoning resulting in 13 deaths in children occurred in Malaysia during the Chinese Festival of the Nine-Emperor Gods in 1988. The offending food was a Chinese noodle called 'Loh See Fun' (LSF). The source was traced to a factory where a banned food preservative was added to

Combined boric acid and cinchocaine chloride poisoning in a 12-month-old infant: evaluation of haemodialysis.

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A mixture containing 3 g of boric acid and 300 mg of cinchocaine chloride prescribed due to painful dental protrusion was accidentally ingested by a 12-month-old girl. She developed violent vomiting and coughing. Irritability, tremor, seizures and a delirious reaction. She was treated with diazepam,

Toxicology of selected pesticides, drugs, and chemicals. Boric acid.

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With the advent of boric acid insecticides, accidental ingestion of the compound can be encountered in animals. Toxic levels of boric acid most commonly cause vomiting, depression, and, occasionally, diarrhea. Boric acid is, however, cytotoxic to all cells. If a sufficiently high level is ingested,

A fatal case of acute boric acid poisoning.

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A 77 year-old male mistakenly ingested an estimated 30 g of boric acid as a single oral dose to stop hiccups. On admission, he had vomiting, diarrhea, and hiccups. Laboratory data was diagnostic of acute renal failure. Hemodialysis and charcoal hemoperfusion were performed in series. The serum

Clinical management of boric acid ingestion: pharmacokinetic assessment of efficacy of hemodialysis for treatment of acute boric acid poisoning.

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Seven hours after suicidal ingestion of about 21 g of boric acid, a 26-year-old female admitted to our hospital in a state of slightly impaired consciousness, with frequent vomiting, shivering, fever and skin flush. Immediately, gastric lavage, followed by administration of activated charcoal and

Acute ingestions of boric acid.

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Four patients with elevated serum boric acid levels after single, acute ingestions of 10 to 297 grams were reported to the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center (RMPDC) between January 1983 and August 1985. Systemic effects were absent. In 1983-4, 364 cases of boric acid exposure were reported to

Bluish vomiting: a rare clinical presentation of poisoning.

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Bluish vomiting is a symptom of poisoning that is rarely seen in Western emergency departments. Consequently, physicians are not aware of the diagnosis, complications, and treatment of this unusual form of intoxication. In this article, we report a case of bluish vomiting that occurred after an

Clinical manifestations of toxicity in a series of 784 boric acid ingestions.

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A retrospective chart review was conducted at two regional poison centers to determine the clinical outcome of boric acid ingestions and to assess the relationship between serum boric acid levels and clinical presentation. A total of 784 cases were studied; all but 2 were acute ingestions. No

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