NEAR-FATAL INGESTION OF OIL OF CLOVES

Authors
HARTNOLL G MOORE D DOUEK D
Citation
G. Hartnoll et al., NEAR-FATAL INGESTION OF OIL OF CLOVES, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 69(3), 1993, pp. 392-393
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
69
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
392 - 393
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1993)69:3<392:NIOOOC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A case of ingestion of oil of cloves is presented, which resulted in c oma, fits, a coagulopathy, and acute liver damage. This is not unlike the syndrome produced in the late stages of a substantial paraceto-mol overdose, and a similar treatment regimen is proposed.