| Journal: | Quimica nova |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000313410 |
| ISSN: | 0100-4042 |
| Authors: | Tubino, Matthieu1 Simoni, Jose de Alencar |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Abr |
| Volumen: | 30 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 505-506 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, crítico |
| English abstract | By mid 2003, the Brazilian people accompanied astonished, in the press, the news about the death of more than 20 persons due to ingestion of a pharmaceutical product containing a suspension of barium sulfate (Celobar®) commonly used as a radiological contrast. Analysis of the product indicated the presence of barium carbonate (about 13% weight/weight) which reacts easily with the hydrochloric acid in the stomach liberating barium ions, a severe poison. In this article, we briefly discuss the possible economic, personal and technical causes that led to this disaster |
| Disciplines: | Química, Medicina |
| Keyword: | Química farmacéutica, Radiología, Medios de contraste, Celobar, Sulfato de bario, Envenenamiento |
| Keyword: | Chemistry, Medicine, Medicinal chemistry, Radiology, Contrast media, Celobar, Barium sulphate, Poisoning |
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