A barely four-month-old baby was urgently admitted to the local pediatric hospital in Brindisi, Italy, with an alcohol coma, after an unfortunate mistake made by his grandmother, who mistakenly used white wine instead of water to prepare her formula.
Upon realizing the mistake, the woman immediately took her grandson to the Perrino hospital, where The doctors diagnosed alcohol coma and proceeded to perform gastric lavage and intubate the child.
Upon realizing the mistake, the woman took her grandson to the Perrino hospital, where the child was admitted with an alcohol coma.
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Subsequently, the baby was transferred to the Giovanni XXIII pediatric hospital in Bari, where he is currently admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Although the event was initially described as a mistake, both the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office began an investigation to clarify the details of the incident.
What is alcohol coma and what are its symptoms?
Symptoms can vary from an initial disinhibition to nausea, vomiting, slurred speech, drowsiness and, in the most severe cases, loss of consciousness and risk of stopping breathing.
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