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Chapter-62 Kerosene Oil Poisoning

BOOK TITLE: Review of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Author
1. Biswas Gautam
ISBN
9788184487176
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10737_62
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
2
Author Affiliations
1. Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India, Dayanand Medical College , Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, E-mail: forensicdmc@gmail.com
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This chapter discusses the signs and symptoms, treatment, and postmortem findings, of kerosene oil poisoning, in detail. Among the petroleum distillates, ether, petrol, naphtha, and benzine are highly poisonous when swallowed or inhaled. It causes local irritation to the mucosa of the GIT and after absorption it has neurotoxic, nephrotoxic, and respiratory depressing effects. Chest radiograph in such cases shows bilateral punctuate mottled densities, involving multiple lobes, but particularly the lower lobes. Antibiotics are indicated in limited situations of kerosene oil poisoning, such as malnutrition or immunocompromised state. If the poison has been inhaled, the patient must be removed to the open air and artificial respiration is given. Death may lead to degenerative changes in the liver and kidneys and hypoplasia of the bone marrow occur after prolonged period of inhalation. In case of death from kerosene, the lungs, brain and other viscera should be preserved in saturated saline for chemical analysis.

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