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Kerosene poisoning: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Kerosene is an oil used as a fuel for lamps, as well as heating and cooking. This article discusses the harmful effects from swallowing or breathing in ...

Kerosene, Camphor, and Naphthalene Poisoning in Children - PMC

Aspiration pneumonitis is the most common manifestation of kerosene ingestion due to its low viscosity, high volatility, and low surface tension. The treatment ...

Kerosene poisoning - ScienceDirect

Kerosene per se is not particularly poisonous. However, if a child or adult accidentally swallows kerosene, it can have multiple adverse health effects.

KEROSENE POISONING - JAMA Network

During the last six years I have seen four cases of kerosene poisoning. One of the children died within a few minutes after medical aid was summoned, and.

Hydrocarbon Toxicity: Practice Essentials, Pathophysiology, Etiology

They are quite abundant in modern society. Some of the most commonly ingested hydrocarbons include gasoline, lubricating oil, motor oil, mineral ...

Kerosene Poisoning Complicated by Acute Pancreatitis - PMC

A 6-year-old male child patient was brought to the emergency pediatric room with alleged history of accidental ingestion of approximately 15 mL kerosene oil.

Kerosene Poisoning in Young Children | Radiology - RSNA Journals

Kerosene is a derivative of petroleum which includes fractions of relatively low volatility obtained from distillation at temperatures between 200 and 300° ...

KEROSENE POISONING IN CHILDREN - JAMA Network

2. Webster: Legal Medicine and Toxicology , Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1930. 3. Gasoline (Petroleum Benzin) and Kerosene ( ...

Kerosene poisoning | Multimedia Encyclopedia | Health Information

Kerosene is an oil used as a fuel for lamps, as well as heating and cooking. This article discusses the harmful effects from swallowing or breathing in ...

Effects and mechanisms of kerosene use-related toxicity

Kerosene continues to be used for various purposes throughout the world due to its economic viability. · Kerosene exposure causes various adverse health effects ...

Paraffin poisoning Information | Mount Sinai - New York

Paraffin poisoning. Wax poisoning - paraffin. Paraffin is a solid waxy substance used to make candles and other items. This article discusses what may occur ...

Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria

Four children aged between 15 months and two years presented in several different out-patient emergency departments with a history of recent ingestion of ...

Kerosene poisoning in children in Iraq | Postgraduate Medical Journal

Abstract. One hundred and three children with kerosene poisoning were studied. The majority of the patients were under five years of age and included a new.

Kerosene poisoning - An error has occurred - ADAM

Kerosene is an oil used as a fuel for lamps, as well as heating and cooking. This article discusses the harmful effects from swallowing or breathing in ...

Kerosene Oil Poisoning among Children in Rural Sri Lanka

This study aimed to describe clinical manifestations, reasons for delayed presentations, harmful first aid practices, complications, and risk factors related ...

Kerosene: toxicological overview - GOV.UK

Summary of health effects. The principal adverse effect arising from ingestion of kerosene is chemical pneumonitis secondary to aspiration of ...

How to treat kerosene (paraffin) poisoning

In a study reported in this journal (1) it accounted for over half of the children with all forms of poisoning admitted to 20 health units in Uganda. This ...

KEROSENE POISONING IN CHILDREN

780. being between the ages of I and 3 years (agreeing with the incidence 83 O found in a Co-operative study of the American Pediatric Association noted ...

Kerosene Poisoning in Dogs - Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis ... - Wag!

Documentation states that ingestion and subsequent inhalation of a measurement as small as one milliliter of kerosene can cause aspiration pneumonia in a ...