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Sudden death due to intravenous infusion of hair conditioner
D M Knight1, R A James, D N Sims
1Forensic Science and Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
|October 6, 1998
Abstract:
A case of sudden death in a 14-year-old girl due to self administration of hair conditioner through an intravenous infusion pump is described. This report demonstrates difficulties that may occur in determining the manner of death in such cases and outlines a specific danger that may occur when adolescents have unsupervised access to intravenous infusion equipment.