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Intoxicación con pilas - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Baterías de pila seca

Definición:

Las pilas son un tipo común de fuente de energía y, cuando son pequeñas, algunas veces se denominan pilas o baterías tipo botón.

Este artículo aborda los efectos dañinos por la ingestión de una pila (incluyendo las pilas tipo botón) o la inhalación de grandes cantidades de polvo o humo proveniente de pilas incineradas.

Esto es sólo para fines de información y no para usarse en el tratamiento ni en el manejo de una exposición tóxica real. Si usted sufre una exposición, debe llamar al número local de emergencias (tal como 911 en los Estados Unidos) o al Centro Nacional de Toxicología (National Poison Control Center) a la línea 1-800-222-1222.

Elemento tóxico:

  • Pilas ácidas
    • dióxido de manganeso
    • cloruro de amonio
  • Pilas alcalinas
    • hidróxido de sodio
    • hidróxido de potasio
  • Pilas de dióxido de litio
    • dióxido de manganeso

Dónde se encuentra:

Las pilas se utilizan para accionar una variedad de diferentes elementos. Las pilas pequeñas se pueden utilizar para accionar relojes y calculadoras, mientras que las más grandes (por ejemplo, pilas de tamaño "D") se pueden usar en elementos tales como linternas.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/2/2011
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Hostetler MA. Gastrointestinal disorders. In: Marx JA, ed. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 170.

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