Death due to intravenous application of enteral feed.
A 6-month-old male infant was treated with intravenous infusions and enteral feed via a naso-gastric tube. Accidentally, enteral feed containing pureed carrots diluted with water was injected intravenously and the child died immediately. Carrot material could be found in the pulmonary blood vessels and in various organs of the systemic circulation.
Fechner
G
G
Institute of Legal Medicine, Münster, Germany.
Du Chesne
A
A
Ortmann
C
C
Brinkmann
B
B
D001808:Blood Vessels; D018552:Daucus carota; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005502:Food; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D010371:Pediatric Nursing