Campho-Phenique ingestion: an intentional overdose.

Lahoud Ca; M. Ja; Proctor Dd

DOI:10.1097/00007611-199706000-00014

Corpus ID: 68654668

Campho-Phenique ingestion: an intentional overdose.

@article{Ca1997CamphoPheniqueIA,
  title={Campho-Phenique ingestion: an intentional overdose.},
  author={Lahoud Ca and M. Ja and Proctor Dd},
  journal={Southern Medical Journal},
  year={1997},
  volume={90},
  pages={647-648}
}

Lahoud Ca, M. Ja, Proctor Dd
Published 1997
Medicine
Southern Medical Journal

We report a suicide attempt with the camphorated phenol preparation Campho-Phenique. The total dose ingested was 68 mg/kg of camphor and 28.9 mg/kg of phenol. The patient had grand mal seizures minutes after ingestion. Supportive medical care and intubation resulted in full recovery within 12 hours. Although Campho-Phenique has been discussed extensively in the pediatric literature and its accidental ingestion by adults has occasionally been reported, intentional ingestion of the preparation… Expand

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