Pine oil ingestion: A common cause of poisoning

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1822-1826

  Welker, James A ^b   Zaloga, Gary P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Hydrocarbons; Pine oil; Pneumonia; Poisoning; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DOPAMINE; HYDROCARBON; PINE OIL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033375061     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.6.1822     Document Type: Article

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