Sodium Hydroxide (Caustic Soda)

02/01/2016 - "The present study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic utility of technetium-99m-pyrophosphate ((99m)Tc-PYP) scintigraphy in the early stage of esophageal burns by using different concentrations of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in an experimental rat model. "
10/01/2012 - "Study of a cohort of 16 patients (31 eyes) who sustained concomitant accidental sodium hydroxide ocular burns and received appropriate treatment at a tertiary care eye hospital in India. "
01/01/2015 - "Disastrous effects and lifelong complications, ranging from respiratory and gastrointestinal burns to death can result from caustic soda ingestion. "
06/01/2014 - "The mother claimed the burn had been caused by a sodium-hydroxide-based product. "
09/01/2013 - "We describe cases of successful microvascular reconstruction for burns caused by caustic soda in the oral cavity in children. "

06/01/2007 - "This study investigated the efficacy of sodium hydroxide at 0.1M, 0.25M and 0.5M concentrations for the inactivation of mouse-adapted scrapie strain ME7. "
06/01/2007 - "Investigation by bioassay of the efficacy of sodium hydroxide treatment on the inactivation of mouse-adapted scrapie."
05/01/2011 - "To detect PrP(Sc) in animals naturally affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie, we applied minimal pretreatment with sodium hydroxide (NaOH). "
03/25/1989 - "Of all the chemical and physical decontamination procedures which are effective against conventional viruses, only high temperature autoclaving, high concentrations of sodium hypochlorite, and possibly molar sodium hydroxide, are useful against the group of unconventional transmissible agents which includes scrapie. "
01/01/1991 - "Such studies suggest that no standard chemical or physical decontamination procedure will reliably inactivate the amount of scrapie/BSE infectivity present in worst-case situations but high concentrations of sodium hypochlorite or sodium hydroxide have been shown respectively to be completely effective or almost so. "

09/01/2008 - "Sputum samples from patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) (n=106) were tested using the proposed hypertonic saline-sodium hydroxide (HS-SH) DC method, the recommended N-acetyl-L-cysteine-sodium citrate-sodium hydroxide (NALC-NaOH) DC method and unconcentrated direct smear (Ziehl-Neelsen) techniques for the presence of mycobacteria using Löwenstein-Jensen culture and light microscopy. "
10/01/2013 - "The study was designed to compare the efficacy of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and sodium chloride (NaCl) decontamination method with N-acetyl L-Cystine (NALC) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) decontamination (the reference method) method for the recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from clinically suspected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. "

04/01/2008 - "A simple and improved method for diagnosis of tuberculosis using hypertonic saline and sodium hydroxide to concentrate and decontaminate sputum."
04/01/2008 - "We report the use of hypertonic saline and sodium hydroxide (HS-SH) for concentration-decontamination of sputum samples for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. "
08/01/1971 - "The isolation of pathogenic fungi from sodium hydroxide-processed sputum specimens from patients suspected to have tuberculosis."
12/01/2013 - "Ninety-three sputum samples collected from 18 tuberculosis patients were decontaminated with N-acetyl-L-cysteine-sodium hydroxide using MGIT™ 960 and in STC-NRA cultures, both in the presence and in the absence of PNB, an inhibitor of MTC growth. "
09/01/1991 - "tuberculosis on culture and, of these, pretreatment with sodium hydroxide yielded 60 (98%), Portaels modification of Wolinsky and Rynearsons's method 28 (46%) and the combined use of benzalkonium chloride and 1-hexdecylpyridinium chloride yielded 32 (52%). "

07/01/2005 - "We conclude that 1-minute application of 10% sodium hydroxide is simple, safe, and highly effective for the treatment of ingrown nails."
11/01/2014 - "Chemical matricectomy with sodium hydroxide is an easy method in the treatment of ingrown nails, with low morbidity and high success rates. "
11/01/2014 - "Two hundred two patients with ingrown nail edges were treated with either 1-minute (Group 1) or 2-minute (Group 2) applications of sodium hydroxide matricectomy. "
07/01/2005 - "Sixty-six patients with 225 ingrown nail edges were treated in three groups receiving 30-second, 1-minute, and 2-minute applications of sodium hydroxide. "
03/01/2010 - "Letter: Retrospective comparison of experiences with phenol and sodium hydroxide in the treatment of ingrown nail."