Cannabis-intoxicatie bij een peuter; naar drugs wordt niet gevraagd

– A 14-month-old girl was admitted as an emergency case with an acute neurological disorder. As clinical examination did not lead to a diagnosis, intoxication was presumed. Urine analysis revealed cannabis metabolites. The parents thought it possible that the girl had taken a piece of hashish from a table.

We stress the point that taking the history of children with no previous signs of illness of longer standing should include questions about pharmaceutical products and drugs taken by the parents.