[Haemodialysis in the treatment of acute boric acid poisoning (author's transl)].

40 g boric acid was by error given instead of glucose solution to a 62-year-old man during an oral glucose test. During an 18-hour dialysis 8.32 g boric acid was eliminated, 8.6 g by forced diuresis and at least 9 g by gastric lavage. A large amount of the poison was also found in the vomitus. The most important signs of posioning were slight metabolic acidosis, total anuria for 14 hours and normochromic anaemia. There was no residual kidney damage or other effects of the poisoning.