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Non accidental repeated lithium poisoning in a child: the role of hair analysis
- Source :
- Archives de pediatrie . organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, Archives de pediatrie organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, 2020, Archives de pediatrie organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, 27 (3), pp.152-154. ⟨10.1016/j.arcped.2020.01.005⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2020.
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Abstract
- International audience; Non accidental intoxication due to child abuse is rare and its frequency is likely underestimated because it is difficult to diagnose. Here, we report a case of voluntary repeated exposure to lithium in an infant, for whom the clinical manifestations were convulsions. Toxicological analysis was very helpful for documenting lithium exposure during the assumed period of time. Interpreting the results of hair analysis, a simple and minimally invasive examination, is tricky at this age, but it can facilitate the differentiation of acute versus chronic exposure. Although infrequent and underestimated, lithium should be considered as a cause of intoxication in a previously healthy child with acute seizure.
- Subjects :
- Chronic exposure
Child abuse
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Lithium (medication)
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Lithium
Accidental intoxication
Lithium poisoning
Toxicological analysis of hair
Seizures
medicine
Humans
Child Abuse
business.industry
Poisoning
Hair analysis
Infant
Child(ren)
Non accidental intoxication
Seizure
Infants
Repeated poisoning
Hair Analysis
Accidental
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
business
medicine.drug
Hair
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1769664X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives de pediatrie . organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, Archives de pediatrie organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, 2020, Archives de pediatrie organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie, 27 (3), pp.152-154. ⟨10.1016/j.arcped.2020.01.005⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....491217a1f1240ce5437fcf65f9ae1623