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Treatment of alkalosis with ammonium chloride: a case report.

Abstract
Coma due to ammonium chloride used in the treatment of severe metabolic alkalosis is reported in a patient with normal hepatic and renal function. All symptoms resolved following discontinuance. Ammonium chloride should be abandoned as a treatment for metabolic alkalosis.
AuthorsS E Warren, A R Swerdlin, S M Steinberg
JournalClinical pharmacology and therapeutics (Clin Pharmacol Ther) Vol. 25 Issue 5 Pt 1 Pg. 624-7 (May 1979) ISSN: 0009-9236 [Print] United States
PMID436363 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Ammonium Chloride
Topics
  • Alkalosis (complications, drug therapy)
  • Ammonium Chloride (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Coma (chemically induced)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Respiratory Insufficiency (complications)

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