Diethylene glycol poisoning in Gurgaon, India, 1998

Diethylene glycol poisoning in Gurgaon, India, 1998

OBJECTIVE: To discover the cause of acute renal failure in 36 children aged 2 months to 6 years who were admitted to two hospitals in Delhi between 1 April and 9 June 1998. METHODS: Data were collected from hospital records, parents and doctors of the patients, and district health officials. Further...

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Main Authors: Singh Jagvir, Dutta A.K., Khare Shashi, Dubey N.K., Harit A.K., Jain N.K., Wadhwa T.C., Gupta S.R., Dhariwal A.C., Jain D.C., Bhatia Rajesh, Sokhey Jotna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2001-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
ethylene gycols/toxicity
ethylene gycols/poisoning
drug contamination
expectorants/toxicity
antitussive agents/toxicity
kidney failure/acute
child, preschool
infant
India
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862001000200002

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