Poisoning with delayed-release tablets. Treatment of Debendox poisoning with purgation and dialysis.
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Meadow, S. R., and Leeson, G. A. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 310. Poisoning with delayed-release tablets: treatment of Debendox poisoning with purgation and dialysis. Accidental poisoning with delayedrelease tablets causes symptoms at a time when the tablets can no longer be retrieved from the stomach. A child died from eating 23 tablets of Debendox, which is a delayed-release tablet containing dicyclomine and doxylamine. A second child survived a similar overdose, having been subjected to vigorous purgation and peritoneal dialysis.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 49 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974