Failure of gastric emptying and charcoal administration in fatal sustained-release theophylline overdose: Pharmacobezoar formation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1388-1390

  Bernstein, George ^a   Jehle, Dietrich ^a   Bernaski, Edward ^a   Braen, G Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

theophylline, overdose

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; IBUPROFEN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; THEOPHYLLINE BLOOD LEVEL;

BEZOARS; CASE REPORT; CHARCOAL; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IBUPROFEN; MIDDLE AGE; STOMACH; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 0026743049     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)81907-9     Document Type: Article

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