RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diagnostic tests in child poisoning
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 103
OP 104
DO 10.1136/dtb.6.26.103
VO 6
IS 26
YR 1968
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/6/26/103.abstract
AB Each year about 200 children under the age of fifteen die in England and Wales from poisoning.1 2 Poisoning must always be considered when a child shows unexplained symptoms and signs, is in coma or is seriously ill. The nature of the toxic substance is frequently not known, and sometimes an antidote giving a rapid clinical response is of diagnostic value. This article discusses only the diagnostic help that certain drugs can give; it does not summarise treatment.