Youngsters Touchdown in ERs After Ingesting Dad and mom' E-Cig Nicotine Liquid
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2016 (HealthDay Information) -- A case examine highlights the hazard liquid nicotine for digital cigarettes poses to kids.
Docs in Oregon described the case of a 6-year-old lady who by accident swallowed liquid nicotine utilized in her mother and father' e-cigarettes.
The lady's mom had crammed an empty ibuprofen bottle with liquid nicotine that she had blended herself utilizing unflavored nicotine and vegetable glycerin.
Believing the bottle nonetheless contained ibuprofen, the daddy gave his daughter a dose of the liquid to deal with ache from a sprained ankle.
The lady shortly misplaced consciousness. Her father instantly contacted poison management and referred to as 911, based on the account printed on-line lately within the journal Annals of Emergency Drugs.
"Liquid nicotine is extremely concentrated, which makes it particularly harmful in households with kids," examine creator Dr. Matthew Noble stated in a journal information launch.
"On this occasion, the lady misplaced consciousness practically instantly after consuming the liquid nicotine and regardless of immediate motion by her mother and father and emergency medical providers, she nonetheless required mechanical air flow and admission to the intensive care unit," he stated.
"Thankfully, she was in the end discharged from the hospital in secure situation, however underneath barely totally different circumstances might have suffered a tragic final result," Noble stated.
Noble is a toxicology fellow and adjunct teacher within the division of emergency medication at Oregon Well being & Science College.
As a result of nicotine in e-cigarette refill liquid is extremely concentrated, it is notably harmful to kids, he stated.
"We anticipate that emergency physicians and poison facilities will proceed to come across scientific important circumstances of nicotine toxicity, particularly in pediatric sufferers," Noble added.
-- Robert Preidt
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SOURCE: Annals of Emergency Drugs, information launch, Dec. 19, 2016
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