Poisoning from a dietary supplement administered during hospitalization.
Increasing numbers of persons use dietary supplements (DS). Patients who believe in the effectiveness of DS may continue to take them on admission to a health care facility. We present the case of a child who received a DS on a daily basis as an outpatient, continued its use after admission to the hospital, and became poisoned by it during his hospitalization.
Boyer
Edward W
EW
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA. edward.boyer@tch.harvard.edu
Kearney
Susan
S
Shannon
Michael W
MW
Quang
Lawrence
L
Woolf
Alan
A
Kemper
Kathi
K
D001965:Bromides / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000506:poisoning*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000139:chemically induced
D001965:Bromides