Fatal morphine poisoning in a child due
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Alphonse Poklis; Leslie E. Edinboro; A.Shannon Wohler; Faruk Presswalla; David B
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Article
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1995
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A case of fatal intoxication of an 8 year old child due to accidental oral ingestion of morphine is presented. Following a tonsillectomy and release from the hospital the decedent was prescribed meperidine syrup 50 mg per teaspoon (tsp) to be taken 2 tsps every 4 h. A pharmacist when filling her pre