A comparison of two bedside tests for the detection of salicylates in urine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 834-836

  Weiner, Alan L ^a,b   Ko, Carlyn ^a   Mckay Jr , Charles A ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MidState Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferric chloride; Salicylates; Spot tests; Trinder reagent

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CHLORIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; REAGENT; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRINDER REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033947339     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02282.x     Document Type: Article

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