PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Diagnostic tests in child poisoning
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.6.26.103
DP  - 1968 Dec 20
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 103--104
VI  - 6
IP  - 26
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/6/26/103.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/6/26/103.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1968 Dec 20; 6
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.