Near fatal ingestion of oil of cloves.
Open Access
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 69 (3) , 392-393
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.69.3.392
Abstract
A case of ingestion of oil of cloves is presented, which resulted in coma, fits, a coagulopathy, and acute liver damage. This is not unlike the syndrome produced in the late stages of a substantial paracetamol overdose, and a similar treatment regimen is proposed.Keywords
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