Acute cyanide poisoning: A case report

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-445

  Chin, Robert G ^a   Calderon, Yvette ^a  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidote; Cyanide; Lilly Kit; Poisoning; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANIDE POISONING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIDOTES; CYANIDES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SHOCK; SODIUM NITRITE; SPOUSE ABUSE; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 0034063836     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00161-X     Document Type: Article

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