Amphetamine Poisoning Associated with Hyperpyrexia

Abstract

EYELIDSMEDICBALJOURNx high velocity, or where there is immediate damage to the central parts of the brain.None of the six patients in this series showed any immediate loss of consciousness or appeared much disturbed by their experience, and it is perhaps for this reason that the injuries were regarded as trivial and that in only one case was even the precaution of immediate x-ray examination deemed necessary.Yet the results were serious enough.One case sustained severe bilateral brain damage and four developed intracranial infections, with one fatality.There has been one established case of epilepsy and two more children are still at considerable risk.Three children needed multiple operations, and the total duration of their stay in hospital exceeded a year.