Death due to chronic syrup of ipecac use in a patient with bulimia.
Schiff RJ, Wurzel CL, Brunson SC, Kasloff I, Nussbaum MP, Frank SD.
Schiff RJ, et al.
Pediatrics. 1986 Sep;78(3):412-6.
Pediatrics. 1986.
PMID: 2875430
Within 24 hours of admission to the hospital, she had hypotension unresponsive to medical management, intractable congestive heart failure, and arrhythmias; she died. Several empty bottles of syrup of ipecac were later found among her belongings. Syrup of ipecac is …
Within 24 hours of admission to the hospital, she had hypotension unresponsive to medical management, intractable congestive heart failure, …