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Acute paediatrics
Fulminant pulmonary oedema after administration of a balanced electrolyte polyethylene glycol solution
  1. A Argent1,
  2. M Hatherill1,
  3. L Reynolds1,
  4. L Purves2
  1. 1Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
  2. 2Department of Chemical Pathology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr A Argent, Institute of Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Klipfontein Road, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa;
    aargent{at}ich.uct.ac.za

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.86.3.209

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