Emergency management of poisoning in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 288-292

  Lau, F L ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antidotes therapeutic use; Charcoal therapeutic use; Emergency treatment; Poisoning drug therapy; Time factors

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY; DIMERCAPROL; ESMOLOL; FLUMAZENIL; FULLER EARTH; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; IPECAC; LAXATIVE; METHYLENE BLUE; NALMEFENE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OCTREOTIDE; OXYGEN; POISON; PRALIDOXIME MESILATE; PROPRANOLOL; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; STONEFISH VENOM; SUCCIMER; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTOXICATION; RESPONSE TIME; STOMACH LAVAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

ANTIDOTES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; POISONING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033735308     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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