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Toxicology case of the month: ingestion of two unidentified tablets by a toddler.

McCoubrie D, Murray L, Daly FF, Little M

Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.

An asymptomatic 18 month old child presents to the emergency department of a small district hospital shortly after ingesting two unidentified tablets. A small number of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs may produce life threatening toxicity in a small child if ingested even in one or two dose units and the onset of toxicity may be delayed for some agents. Following risk assessment, a rational management plan is devised and the child is carefully monitored. The patient is observed overnight and discharged home the following day.

Published 21 August 2006 in Emerg Med J, 23(9): 718-20.
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