Toxicology case of the month: ingestion of two unidentified tablets by a toddler
| Autor: | Lindsay Murray, David L. McCoubrie, Frank Daly, Mark Little |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Emergency Medical Services Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Asymptomatic Risk Assessment Eating District hospital medicine Emergency medical services Ingestion Humans Toddler Intensive care medicine Decontamination Monitoring Physiologic business.industry Poisoning Infant General Medicine Emergency department Toxicity Toxicology: An Australian Perspective Emergency Medicine Female medicine.symptom business Risk assessment Tablets |
| Zdroj: | Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 23(9) |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 |
| Popis: | An asymptomatic 18 month old child presents to the emergency department of a small district hospital shortly after ingesting two unidentified tablets. A small number of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs may produce life threatening toxicity in a small child if ingested even in one or two dose units and the onset of toxicity may be delayed for some agents. Following risk assessment, a rational management plan is devised and the child is carefully monitored. The patient is observed overnight and discharged home the following day. |
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