RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Near fatal ingestion of oil of cloves.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 392
OP 393
DO 10.1136/adc.69.3.392
VO 69
IS 3
A1 G Hartnoll
A1 D Moore
A1 D Douek
YR 1993
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/69/3/392.abstract
AB A case of ingestion of oil of cloves is presented, which resulted in coma, fits, a coagulopathy, and acute liver damage. This is not unlike the syndrome produced in the late stages of a substantial paracetamol overdose, and a similar treatment regimen is proposed.