Mounika V Reddy, Saptharishi L Ganesan, Karthik Narayanan, Muralidharan Jayashree, Sunit C Singhi, Karthi Nallasamy, Arun Bansal, Arun K Baranwal
OBJECTIVES: Hydrocarbons are a common cause of accidental poisoning in children, with kerosene being the most implicated agent in rural parts of India. However, lately, liquid mosquito repellent ingestion is emerging as an important cause of hydrocarbon (kerosene) poisoning in urban households. METHODS: This is a retrospective case series over a 5-y period (January 2013 - December 2017) of children with accidental liquid mosquito repellent ingestion presenting to the pediatric emergency...
January 2020: Indian Journal of Pediatrics