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A 28-year-old man experienced salicylate poisoning with arrhythmias, respiratory insufficiency and altered mental state, after ingesting an aspirin overdose in a suicide attempt; he subsequently died.
The man was hospitalised with tinnitus and dyspnoea, and reported that he had ingested a 'whole bottle' of aspirin 4 hours earlier [dosage not stated]. He was mildly agitated on presentation, with a BP of 128/70mm Hg, tachycardia of 110/min, a...