acute hydrocephaly following methadone intoxication in a child
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how to cite this article: fayyazi a, khajeh a, bagheri m, ahmadi s. acute hydrocephaly following methadone intoxication in a child. iranian journal of childneurology 2012;6(1):35-38. infantile methadone intoxication has been on the rise since the usage of methadone in opioid detoxification programs. we report a 30-month-old child with encephalopathy and acute hydrocephaly following methadone intoxication. references: 1. nazari h. clinical approach to methadone toxication.quarterly journal of addiction 2007;2:18-20. 2. plummer jl, gourlay gk, cherry da, cousins mj.estimation of methadone clearance: application in themanagement of cancer pain. pain 1988 jun;33(3):313-22. 3. davies d, devlaming d, haines c. methadoneanalgesia for children with advanced cancer. pediatrblood cancer 2008 sep;51(3):393-7. 4. riascos r, kumfa p, rojas r, cuellar h, descartes f.fatal methadone intoxication in a child. emerg radiol2008 jan;15(1):67-70. 5. binchy jm, molyneux em, manning j. accidental ingestion of methadone by children in merseyside.bmj 1994 may 21;308(6940):1335-6. 6. li l, levine b, smialek je. fatal methadone poisoningin children: maryland 1992-1996. subst use misuse2000 aug;35(9):1141-8. 7. milroy cm, forrest ar. methadone deaths: atoxicological analysis. j clin pathol 2000 apr;53(4):277-81. 8. afzali s, jafari mr. one year study of chest x-raychanges in opiate-poisoned patients in hamadan. jqom uni med sci 2010; 4(2):3-7. 9. zamani n, sanaei-zadeh h, mostafazadeh b. hallmarksof opium poisoning in infants and toddlers. trop doct2010 oct; 40(4):220-2. 10. besharat s, besharat m, akhavan masouleh a, jabbaria, yazdi hr. opium intoxication in children under 5years old, golestan- iran (2006-07). j gorgan uni medsci spring 2010;12(1):85-9. 11. izadi mood n, gheshlaghi f, sharafi se. fatalpoisoning cases admitted to the emergency departmentof poisoning, noor hospital, isfahan. j legal med islrep iran 2003;9(31):122-26. 12. boushehri b, yekta z, zareei-kheirabad a, kabiri sh,kazempour a. determining the frequency of poisoningwith chemical agents and drugs in hospitalized patientsof taleghani hospital uromieh, 2001-2004. j legalmed isl rep iran2004;10(35):126-131. 13. cheraghali f, taymori m. epidemiological study ofdrug intoxication in children. acta medica iranica2006;44(1):37-40. 14. iran ministry of health report: some case reports ofoccasional methadone toxication in infants. quarterlyj addiction 2007;2:26. 15. geibprasert s, gallucci m, krings t. addictiveillegal drugs: structural neuroimaging. ajnr am jneuroradiol 2010 may;31(5):803-8. 16. malloy s, soh c, williams tl. reversible delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy. ajnr am j neuroradiol2006 sep;27(8):1763-5. 17. glatstein m, finkelstein y, scolnik d. accidentalmethadone ingestion in an infant: case report andreview of the literature. pediatr emerg care 2009feb;25(2):109-11.
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iranian journal of child neurologyجلد ۶، شماره ۱، صفحات ۳۵-۳۸
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