Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 341-343 , March 2007

Methamphetamine Exposure Presenting as Caustic Ingestions in Children

Presented orally at the Helfer Society annual meeting, October 2005, New Paltz, NY.

  • Karen Farst, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Section of Children at Risk (Farst)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Karen Farst, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Team for Children at Risk, 800 Marshall St, Slot 512-24A, Little Rock, AR 72202; 501-364-2650, fax 501-364-3939.
    • ,
  • Jay M. Duncan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Critical Care Medicine (Duncan, Moss)
    • ,
  • Michele Moss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Critical Care Medicine (Duncan, Moss)
    • ,
  • Richard M. Ray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery (Ray)
    • ,
  • Evan Kokoska, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Kokoska)
    • ,
  • Laura P. James, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (James), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR

Received 17 March 2006 ,Revised 4 May 2006 ,Accepted 23 May 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD

 Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00705-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.05.020

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 341-343 , March 2007

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