Chemical pneumonitis secondary to chlorine dioxide consumption in a patient with severe Covid 19

Andrés Aguilar Silva

doi:10.15761/ccrr.1000488

Abstract

Chemical pneumonitis secondary to chlorine dioxide consumption in a patient with severe Covid 19

Highlights

There have been no known cases in Mexico of adverse health effects after consumption and intravenous administration of chlorine dioxide, Chlorine dioxide is a strong oxidizing agent that reduces to chlorite under oxidative stress
Inhalation through nebulizers can cause pulmonary edema, bronchospasm, chemical pneumonitis and glottis edema, and even cause death if exposures are above the occupational exposure limit value
On August 24, 2020, due to persistence of dyspnea and hypoxemia despite the use of supplemental oxygen at home, he decided to manage with complementary therapy of the type of carbon dioxide ingested orally and intravenously refers to oral intake of 1000 ml of chlorine dioxide solution plus intravenous administration of 500 ml of 0.9% saline solution with 28% sodium chlorite, presenting sudden respiratory deterioration, decreasing oxygen saturation up to 60% [5,6,7,8]

Summary

Case Report

Chemical pneumonitis secondary to chlorine dioxide consumption in a patient with severe Covid 19. Andres Aguilar Silva1*, Luis Del Carpio Orantes, Karen ONelly Guizar Enriquez, Francisco Sebastian Palmeros Perez, Angela Basilio Jimenez, Yessica Lopez Cabrera and Susana Patricia Díaz-Gutiérrez

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