title: Hydrogen peroxide solution ingestion caused brain death of a 3-year-old girl.
abstract: Hydrogen peroxide solutions are often used in daily life as a household disinfectant and in cosmetic products and are therefore a common source of intentional poisonings, especially for children. When ingested in small amounts, it may cause severe central nervous system damage as a result of arterial emboli like our case. The benefit of hyperbaric oxygen treatment in this situation is known, but the neurologic deficits of our case did not improve with this method and finally brain death occurred. This is may be related by the timing of treatment after the event. We would like to emphasize that every clinician must be aware of the dangers of hydrogen peroxide ingestion and hyperbaric oxygen treatment may be of benefit if it is performed immediately.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Child Diseases, Hematology and Oncology Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. alperikiz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mehmet Alper
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ikiz
authors.forename: Halil Ibrahim
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Yakut
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.forename: Sanliay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Haci Nadir
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Yalçin
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baştemur
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalkan
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004435:Eating; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide