PEDIATRICS Vol. 36 No. 5 November 1965, pp. 782-785
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TRANQUILIZER POISONING: AN EXAMPLE OF CHILD ABUSE

Mark S. Dine B.S., M.D.

A case of deliberate perphenazine poisoning by a parent is presented as an example of child abuse. The symptoms of poisoning included prolonged sleep, convulsions, and hyperpyrexia. The correct diagnosis was delayed because the mother denied that the child had received any drug. Suggestions for making the diagnosis include a high index of suspicion on the part of the physician and routine testing for phenothiazines and other psychotropic drugs in patients with convulsions of undetermined etiology.

Submitted on January 25, 1965
Accepted on February 25, 1965




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E. V. Hvizdala and A. M. Gellady
Intentional Poisoning of Two Siblings by Prescription Drugs: An Unusual Form of Child Abuse
Clinical Pediatrics, June 1, 1978; 17(6): 480 - 484.
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