What is a potentially life threatening effect of fetal salicylate poisoning?
Intracerebral hemorrhage. Salicylate metabolites accumulate in the fetal brain and because of this, there have been cases of fatal intracerebral hemorrhage.
Farid H et al. A 19 year old at 37 weeks gestation with an acute acetylsalicylic acid overdose. NDT Plus 2011; 4(6): 394-396. doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr104
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