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Life-threatening barium carbonate poisoning managed with intravenous potassium, continuous veno-venous haemodialysis and endoscopic removal of retained ceramic glazes

Nazila Jamshidia New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, The Children’s Hospital Westmead, Westmead, Australia;b Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;c Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nina Dhaliwala New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, The Children’s Hospital Westmead, Westmead, Australia;d Department of Emergency Medicine, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, Australia
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Dean Hearne Department of Intensive Care, Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, Australia
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Craig McCalmane Department of Intensive Care, Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, Australia
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Ross Wenzelf NSW Health Pathology, Trace Elements Laboratory, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
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Zeff Koutsogiannisa New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, The Children’s Hospital Westmead, Westmead, Australia;g Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia
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Darren M. Robertsa New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, The Children’s Hospital Westmead, Westmead, Australia;b Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;c Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9101-7577
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Pages 974-978 | Received 07 Dec 2021, Accepted 17 Apr 2022, Published online: 04 May 2022

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