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ACCIDENTAL ASPIRATION OF TALC
Author(s) -
LUND JORGEN SWANE,
FELDTRASMUSSEN MARGIT
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1969.tb04721.x
Subject(s) - medicine , talc , accidental , girl , inhalation , surgery , pediatrics , general surgery , anesthesia , psychology , developmental psychology , physics , materials science , acoustics , composite material
Summary A case of talc inhalation in a two‐year‐old girl with alarming clinical symptoms was successfully treated with steroids and artificial ventilation. In only one of four previously published cases the child survived.