PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kelvin Harvey Kramp
AU  - Mahdi Salih
AU  - Elsbeth Thomeer
AU  - Martin Gardien
TI  - Cardiac arrest by inhalation of deodorant spray
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-224345
DP  - 2018 Oct 15
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr-2018-224345
VI  - 2018
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-224345.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-224345.full
AB  - Drug abuse by inhalation of volatile household product substances is uncommon, however, it can have devastating consequences. This case report describes the fatal outcome of deodorant inhalation by a 19-year-old patient in a detoxification clinic who developed a cardiac arrest after inhaling butane from a deodorant spray. Despite initial successful resuscitation, he developed a postanoxic encephalopathy with a status epilepticus resistant to extensive treatment. Inhalant abuse can be a cause of death in young patients.