Abstract:
Various modalities of treatment, including
therapy with penicillin, steroids and paracetamol are clinically evaluated in a prospective
controlled study involving 100 cases of kerosene
poisoning in children. In respect of clinical
parameters, such as the development and
extent of pyrexia and the period of hospital
stay. therapy with both penicillin and paracetamol
showed $statistically significant efficacy.
but this was not evident in those patients
receiving steroids, either alone or in combinations
with penicillin. The mechanisms and role
of such therapeutic regimes in the management
of kerosene poisoning is discussed