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Systemic absorption of FD&C blue dye associated with patient mortality

Department of Internal Medicine, Wright State University, School Of Medicine, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio, USA

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Dr Gaur
; sumitgaurmd{at}hotmail.com

ABSTRACT
The addition of FD&C blue dye to enteral feeds is a common practice in hospitals to detect aspiration. However, the degree of systemic absorption and safety of this dye in critically ill patients has not been studied. A patient with sepsis who died after systemic absorption of FD&C blue dye No1 is described.

Keywords: FD&C blue dye; sepsis; dye; absorption

Abbreviations: ADP, adenosine diphosphate; ATP, adenosine triphosphate