TY - JOUR T1 - Cardiac arrest by inhalation of deodorant spray JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2018-224345 VL - 2018 SP - bcr-2018-224345 AU - Kelvin Harvey Kramp AU - Mahdi Salih AU - Elsbeth Thomeer AU - Martin Gardien Y1 - 2018/10/15 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-224345.abstract N2 - 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. ER -