Acute isoniazid intoxication: Seizures, acidosis and coma

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-216

  Temmerman, W ^a,b   Dhondt, A ^a   Vandewoude, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coma; INH intoxication; Metabolic acidosis; Pyridoxine; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; DIAZEPAM; ISONIAZID; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0032842999     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17843286.1999.11754234     Document Type: Article

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