title: Treatment of alkalosis with ammonium chloride: a case report.
abstract: Coma due to ammonium chloride used in the treatment of severe metabolic alkalosis is reported in a patient with normal hepatic and renal function. All symptoms resolved following discontinuance. Ammonium chloride should be abandoned as a treatment for metabolic alkalosis.
mesh_terms: D000471:Alkalosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000643:Ammonium Chloride / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000643:Ammonium Chloride