Acute pediatric lead poisoning: Combined whole bowel irrigation, succimer therapy, and endoscopic removal of ingested lead pellets

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 200-202

  Clifton II, Jack C ^a,d   Sigg, Todd ^b   Burda, Anthony M ^b   Leikin, Jerrold Blair ^a   Smith, Christopher J ^c   Sandler, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS POISON CENTER   (United States)

^c ADVOCATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Rush Children's Hospital and Rush University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopic removal of leaded foreign bodies; Lead intoxication; Succimer chelation therapy; Whole bowel irrigation

Indexed keywords

IRON; LEAD; MACROGOL; SUCCIMER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHELATION; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LEAD POISONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHELATION THERAPY; COLONOSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; IRRIGATION; LEAD POISONING; SUCCIMER;

EID: 0036282934     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200206000-00013     Document Type: Article

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