Opium intoxication in an infant on Indian folk medicine

Fatal cold medication intoxication in an infant.

The case history and toxicological findings of an infant fatality involving pseudoephedrine, brompheniramine, and dextromethorphan are presented. Concentrations of brompheniramine and dextromethorphan were measured in both postmortem blood and liver specimens using a gas chromatograph equipped with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector. Brompheniramine and dextromethorphan were 0.40 mg/L and 0.50 mg/L...

Sicilian folk medicine

American folk medicine

The Revolutionary period did (after some hesitation by those who dreamed of a society without hospitals) bring about the conversion of the main houses of Christian care for the sick poor in the large urban centres (Hotels-Dieu, Charite's, and Hopitaux Ge'neraux) to medical institutions concerned with the study and treatment of disease. The process of medicalization of Paris hospitals has been w...

Salicylate Intoxication in an Infant: A Case Report

In children, the most common cause of an elevated anion gap (AG) with ketonemia, ketonuria, hyperglycemia, and glycosuria is diabetic ketoacidosis. However, when the clinical history is not clear, other causes must be considered. A 9-month-old girl was transferred to our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) because of severe metabolic acidosis. On admission, she presented with Kussmaul breathin...

Water intoxication by the oral route in an infant.

Symptomatic water intoxication is common when hypo-osmolar fluids are given therapeutically, usually intravenously, but it is rare after drinking voluntarily (Wynn and Rob, 1954). We report a case of water intoxication caused by voluntary drinking in an infant.