Bromide intoxication due to propantheline bromide.
An elderly woman presented with pneumonia and mental status changes and was found to have bromide poisoning due to ingestion of propantheline bromide over a 2-month period. The interference of bromide with serum chloride measurements on an ion-selective electrode resulted in spurious hyperchloremia and was crucial in making the diagnosis. To our knowledge, bromide intoxication due to propantheline bromide has not been reported previously.
Heckerling
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Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA.
Ammar
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000506:poisoning*; D001966:Bromine / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis; D011413:Propantheline / Q000506:poisoning*
D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D011413:Propantheline; D001966:Bromine