title: Acute alcohol intoxication in a 15-day-old neonate.
abstract: We describe a 15-day-old newborn girl who was fed with formula milk that was accidentally diluted with sake (Japanese wine prepared from fermented rice). The clinical features were flushed skin, tachycardia and low blood pressure indicating circulatory failure, somnolence and metabolic acidosis without hypoglycemia. The serum ethanol concentration was 43.0 mg/dL at 3 h after intake. The patient recovered under intravenous fluid replacement without complications. Follow-up examinations at 1, 2, 3, 6 and 12 months confirmed normal psychomotor development.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan.
authors: Masafumi
authors: M
authors: Zaitsu
authors: Yukiko
authors: Y
authors: Inada
authors: Katsuya
authors: K
authors: Tashiro
authors: Chiduru
authors: C
authors: Hayashi
authors: Hirohito
authors: H
authors: Doi
authors: Yuhei
authors: Y
authors: Hamasaki
authors: Muneaki
authors: M
authors: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000506:poisoning*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn
keywords: acute alcohol intoxication; circulatory failure; flushed skin; formula milk; neonate; somnolence