Display options
Cite
Perananthan V, Wijerathna T, Nagaratnam A, et al. Two rare case reports of ingestion of ammonium hydroxide and novel study of gastrointestinal toxicity. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2019;6(1):e000259doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259.
Perananthan, V., Wijerathna, T., Nagaratnam, A., Gawarammana, I., Dawson, A., & Buckley, N. (2019). Two rare case reports of ingestion of ammonium hydroxide and novel study of gastrointestinal toxicity. BMJ open gastroenterology, 6(1), e000259. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259
Perananthan, Varan, et al. "Two rare case reports of ingestion of ammonium hydroxide and novel study of gastrointestinal toxicity." BMJ open gastroenterology vol. 6,1 (2019): e000259. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259
Perananthan V, Wijerathna T, Nagaratnam A, Gawarammana I, Dawson A, Buckley N. Two rare case reports of ingestion of ammonium hydroxide and novel study of gastrointestinal toxicity. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2019 Mar 22;6(1):e000259. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31275581; PMCID: PMC6577369.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2019 Mar 22;6(1):e000259. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259. eCollection 2019.

Two rare case reports of ingestion of ammonium hydroxide and novel study of gastrointestinal toxicity.

BMJ open gastroenterology

Varan Perananthan, Thilini Wijerathna, Amitesh Nagaratnam, Indika Gawarammana, Andrew Dawson, Nicholas Buckley

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

PMID: 31275581 PMCID: PMC6577369 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We report the only two adult cases of NH

CASES: A 45-year-old, previously well man was brought in by family with a reduced level of consciousness after ingestion of an unknown quantity of industrial NH

CONCLUSION: We report the only two adult cases of NH

Keywords: ammonium hydroxide; caustic ingestion; epithelial barrier; gastrointestinal toxicity; intestinal fatty acid binding protein

Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: None declared.

References

  1. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2003 Aug;37(2):119-24 - PubMed
  2. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar;48(3):253-60 - PubMed
  3. Surgery. 1989 Oct;106(4):802-6; discussion 806-7 - PubMed
  4. BMC Gastroenterol. 2018 May 22;18(1):68 - PubMed
  5. Gut. 2018 Sep;67(9):1716-1725 - PubMed

Publication Types