A comparative study was made of pulmonary complications following the use of ipecac
syrup and gastric lavage for hydrocarbon ingestion. The selected 255 patients had chest …

A 26-year-old man, practicing for a variety performance as" fire-eater", accidentally inhaled
and ingested about 10 ml petroleum. Soon afterwards he developed dyspnoea, an urge to …

Between Jan. 1, 1945, and July 31, 1948, 156 children were admitted to the John Gaston
Hospital, Memphis, because of the ingestion of kerosene or a similar product. Of these 156 …

Syrup of ipecac is an effective and usually safe emetic. The only approved clinical use for it
in the United States is for the induction of vomiting to remove poisonous, noncaustic …

We have reported a fatal complication of a therapeutic dose of ipecac syrup administered in
a hospital emergency room. This child received 15 ml of ipecac syrup shortly after ingesting …

A case is reported in which a man intravenously injected himself with a hydrocarbon
insecticide. The radiographic findings and clinical course were typical for hydrocarbon …

DISCUSSION The accidental poisoning of children by the ingestion of petroleum distillates
is still a distressingly frequent occurrence in this country. Among these compounds the one …

The clinical findings in fifteenchildren who ingested red furniture polish are presented. Red
furniture polish is composed principally of a petroleum hydrocarbon known commerically as …

One hundred eighty-four telephone calls to the Texas State Poison Center concerning
accidental hydrocarbon ingestion were reviewed in an attempt to define the risk of …

The major cause of mortality and morbidity associated with the ingestion of aliphatic
hydrocarbon products is related to pulmonary aspiration. Despite the high frequency of the …