Abstract:Background: Hair dye ingestion is an attractive means of deliberate self harm because of its low cost and unrestricted availability and is common in rural south India. Patients present with compromised airway due to upper respiratory tract edema, facial and neck edema. Aim: To determine the criteria for managing airway by tracheostomy in patients with hair dye poisoning. Methods: This study was conducted in Tirunelveli medical college and patients with alleged history of consuming hair dye were included in stu… Show more
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