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Giri PP, Sinha R, Sikka S, et al. Acute carbolic acid poisoning: A report of four cases. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2016;20(11):668-670doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.194014.
Giri, P. P., Sinha, R., Sikka, S., & Meur, S. (2016). Acute carbolic acid poisoning: A report of four cases. Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 20(11), 668-670. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.194014
Giri, Prabhas Prasun, et al. "Acute carbolic acid poisoning: A report of four cases." Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine vol. 20,11 (2016): 668-670. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.194014
Giri PP, Sinha R, Sikka S, Meur S. Acute carbolic acid poisoning: A report of four cases. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2016 Nov;20(11):668-670. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.194014. PMID: 27994383; PMCID: PMC5144530.
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Indian J Crit Care Med. 2016 Nov;20(11):668-670. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.194014.

Acute carbolic acid poisoning: A report of four cases.

Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

Prabhas Prasun Giri, Rajiv Sinha, Shalini Sikka, Saumen Meur

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatrics and PICU, Institute of Child Health, Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  2. Department of Pediatrics and PICU, AMRI Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

PMID: 27994383 PMCID: PMC5144530 DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.194014

Abstract

Phenol (carbolic acid) is one of the oldest antiseptic agents. Apart from being used in many commercially available products, in rural India, it is often used in the household to prevent snake infestation. We hereby present four cases of acute carbolic acid poisoning which we saw over the last monsoon. The cases highlight the multiple routes of absorption of carbolic acid as well as its multi-organ complications which often necessitate intensive care of local therapy decreases systemic phenol absorption from cutaneous exposure and may help in reducing severity.

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; carbolic acid; phenol; poisoning

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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