An Unusual Case of Suicide Attempt Using Intravenous Injection of Kerosene

Kerosene is refined oil belonging to the hydrocarbon group of compounds, available for domestic use in developing countries. Poisoning is due to inhalation, ingestion. Kerosene. We report a rare case of attempted suicide by means of intravenous injection of kerosene. It has a devastating effect and...

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Autores principales: Jayaprasad, Sushmitha, Metikurke, Vijayashankar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23833353
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.112219
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description Kerosene is refined oil belonging to the hydrocarbon group of compounds, available for domestic use in developing countries. Poisoning is due to inhalation, ingestion. Kerosene. We report a rare case of attempted suicide by means of intravenous injection of kerosene. It has a devastating effect and it is important to initiate active and immediate surgical intervention. Psychotherapy should also be an integral part of the management.
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spelling pubmed-37013712013-07-05 An Unusual Case of Suicide Attempt Using Intravenous Injection of Kerosene Jayaprasad, Sushmitha Metikurke, Vijayashankar Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Kerosene is refined oil belonging to the hydrocarbon group of compounds, available for domestic use in developing countries. Poisoning is due to inhalation, ingestion. Kerosene. We report a rare case of attempted suicide by means of intravenous injection of kerosene. It has a devastating effect and it is important to initiate active and immediate surgical intervention. Psychotherapy should also be an integral part of the management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3701371/ /pubmed/23833353 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.112219 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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