title: Apnea and seizures caused by nicotine ingestion.
abstract: Tobacco products are potentially hazardous to children. Small oral doses may create marked toxic effects. Physicians treating children with gastrointestinal complaints, altered consciousness, and seizure with depressed respiration should seek a history of possible exposure to tobacco products, including gum used for smoking abstinence. Intoxication can be verified by a urine toxicology screen utilizing chromatography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Janz
mesh_terms: D001049:Apnea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009538:Nicotine / Q000506:poisoning*; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine