[Treatment of salt poisoning due to soy sauce ingestion with hemodialysis].

Abstract

Fatal hypernatremia due to soy sauce ingestion is rare. We describe a 65-year-old woman who became unresponsive after ingesting 1150 ml of soy sauce. Her initial blood sodium concentration was 176 mEq/l. She was treated successfully with acute hemodialysis and her serum sodium concentration decreased to 146 mEq/l without any significant neurologic complication. We recommend hemodialysis is the best approach to correct severe hypernatremia.

• Authors: Yoko Sakai, Michihisa Kato, Tsuyoshi Okada, Yasufumi Sagata, Ritsuko Goh, Arifumi Kohyama, Michiko Sumitomo
• Journal: Chudoku kenkyu : Chudoku Kenkyukai jun kikanshi = The Japanese journal of toxicology (Chudoku Kenkyu) Vol. 17 Issue 1 Pg. 61-3 (Jan 2004) ISSN: 0914-3777 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 15079924 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Sodium Chloride, Dietary

Topics

• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• Hypernatremia (blood, etiology, therapy)
• Renal Dialysis
• Severity of Illness Index
• Sodium Chloride, Dietary (poisoning)
• Soy Foods (poisoning)
• Suicide, Attempted
• Treatment Outcome