Acute Rubigine ® Poisoning in Martinique a French Overseas Department of America: Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors.
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Toxics
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Florentin J, Neviere R, Gueye P, Mégarbane B, Mehdaoui H, and Resiere D.
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2022, 10(8), 453;
1. Introduction
Hydrofluoric acid (HF) poisoning is a medical emergency and represents a significant public health problem since it is fatal in nearly 50% of cases [1,2,3]. Rubigine® is an acid caustic product (pH < 1) composed of fluorides; it is a very common rust remover used in the Caribbean, more particularly in Martinique. It has been reported that, in the 1960s, it was the cause of a large number of deaths [4]. Its composition was not modified until April 1994, when a prefectural de