RT Journal
A1 LIPMAN BL, KRASNOFF SO, SCHLESS RA
T1 ACute acetylsalicylic acid intoxication
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1949
FD October 1
VO 78
IS 4
SP 477
OP 483
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1949.02030050492002
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1949.02030050492002
AB TOXICITY due to acetylsalicylic acid U.S.P. is now receiving the increased attention of the pediatrician. In a period of one year, following the case report of one of us (S. O. K.) and Bernstein,1 we have seen 4 additional cases of acetylsalicylic acid poisoning in the wards of the Jewish Hospital; 3 cases in the pediatric service alone, 1 of which resulted in death. This comprises a total of 5 cases, with 2 deaths, a mortality of 40 per cent.In a review of the American literature, poisoning due to overdose of acetylsalicylic acid appears to occur so infrequently that there have been only 7 previously reported deaths.2 In direct contrast to the rarity of acetylsalicylic acid poisoning in this country were the 752 cases and 4 deaths from 1924 to 1929 reported by Balázs3 from Budapest, Hungary, and the numerous others in the British literature.REPORT