Acute paralysis from inhaled barium carbonate.
A young chrome-plating worker suffered life-threatening hypokalemic paralysis when barium powder, used in cleaning the chrome tanks, blew back into his face.
Shankle
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Department of Neurology, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center.
Keane
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001464:Barium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002254:Carbonates; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced*
D002254:Carbonates; D001464:Barium; C006685:barium carbonate