Organophosphate intoxication as a consequence of mouth-to-mouth breathing from an affected case

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 740-741

  Koksal, Nurhan ^a   Buyukbese, Mehmet Akif ^a   Guven, Aytekin ^a   Cetinkaya, Ali ^a   Hasanoglu, Hatice Canan ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mouth to mouth breathing; Organophosphate; Poisoning; Secondary contamination

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PRALIDOXIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036036488     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.2.740     Document Type: Article

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