Saturday, December 31, 2011

Kerosine Poisoning

NB:

Gastric lavage is contraindicated unless with the use of cuffed endotracheal tube due to aspiration pneumonia.

Treatment:

1- Emergency treatment: 

- Ask those present with the patient to buy milk and eggs then add 2 eggs to 1 cup of milk then ask the

patient to drink egg-milk cups continuously all day and if vomiting occurs ask him to continue to drink after

vomiting stops.

- Or gastric lavage with cuffed endotracheal tube.

2- Supportive treatment:

- Do X-ray to exclude aspiration pneumonia.

- Antibiotics to guard against secondary infection.

- Course of corticosteroids may be used as (Orazone - Deltazone - Dexamethasone).

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