Green skin discoloration associated with multiple organ failure

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 598-601

  Czop, Michael ^a,b   Herr, Daniel L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration sets; Brilliant blue FCF; Chemically induced pigmentation disorders; Enteral tube feeding; FD C Blue No. 1; Food coloring agents; Intensive care; Liver failure; Multiple organ dysfunction; Pathologic pigmentation disorders; Propofol; Renal failure; Skin pathology; Urine discoloration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BRILLIANT BLUE; DIGOXIN; DYE; FOOD DYE; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; SIMVASTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0036185654     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200203000-00018     Document Type: Article

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