title: Poisoning from a dietary supplement administered during hospitalization.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA. edward.boyer@tch.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Edward W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quang
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woolf
authors.forename: Kathi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kemper
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001965:Bromides