TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Acute alcohol intoxication in a 15-day-old neonate JO - Pediatrics international A1 - Zaitsu, Masafumi A1 - Inada, Yukiko A1 - Tashiro, Katsuya A1 - Hayashi, Chiduru A1 - Doi, Hirohito A1 - Hamasaki, Yuhei A1 - Matsuo, Muneaki SP - 792 EP - 794 VL - 55 IS - 6 N2 - We describe a 15-day-old newborn girl who was fed with formula milk that was accidentally diluted with sake (Japanese wine prepared from fermented rice). The clinical features were flushed skin, tachycardia and low blood pressure indicating circulatory failure, somnolence and metabolic acidosis without hypoglycemia. The serum ethanol concentration was 43.0 mg/dL at 3 h after intake. The patient recovered under intravenous fluid replacement without complications. Follow-up examinations at 1, 2, 3, 6 and 12 months confirmed normal psychomotor development.

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