A controlled therapeutic appraisal of modalities of treatment in Kerosene poisoning

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dc.contributor.authorAnnobil, S.H.
dc.contributor.authorBiritwum, R.B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-11T11:39:20Z
dc.date.available2019-11-11T11:39:20Z
dc.date.issued1987-12
dc.descriptionJournal Article on treatment of Kerosene poisoningen_US
dc.description.abstractVarious 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 discusseden_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201987%20Vol%2021%20No%202/Treatment%20of%20kerosene%20poisoning.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33442
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries21;2
dc.subjectkerosene poisoningen_US
dc.subjectsteroidsen_US
dc.subjectparacetamolen_US
dc.subjectmodalities of treatmenten_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleA controlled therapeutic appraisal of modalities of treatment in Kerosene poisoningen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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