Acute Ethanol poisoning in a 4-year-old as a result of ethanol-based hand-sanitizer ingestion

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 508-509

  Engel, Jeffrey S ^a   Spiller, Henry A ^b  

^a King's Daughters Medical Center   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY REGIONAL POISON CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol intoxication; hand sanitizer; ingestion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; INFUSION FLUID; MIDAZOLAM; POTASSIUM; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; DETERGENT;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HEAD INJURY; HEART RATE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; INGESTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STUPOR; URINALYSIS; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING; BLOOD; HYGIENE; INTOXICATION; THERAPY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DETERGENTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; POISONING;

EID: 77954876835     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181e5bfc9     Document Type: Article

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