Camphor Intoxication Treated by Resin Hemoperfusion
- 16 February 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 241 (7) , 727-728
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290330043026
Abstract
POISONING from camphor ingestion has been reported periodically for more than 140 years.1Morbidity is significant, and 20 deaths have been reported.1,2Camphor is listed in the Toxicology Rating System as "class 4, very toxic," with a probable human lethal dose in the range of 50 to 500 mg/kg.3It is rapidly absorbed after oral ingestion,4and there is no known antidote. Lipid hemodialysis has been the only reported technique for removal of absorbed camphor.5In the course of treating a patient who had ingested camphorated oil, hemoperfusion through amberlite resin was used and shown to be a new, effective, and less cumbersome therapeutic modality. Report of a Case A 37-year-old man came to the emergency department at 1:30 AM because of abdominal distress. A friend who accompanied him indicated that the patient had ingested part of the contents of a 120-ml bottle that containedKeywords
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