Case report: Survival after deliberate strychnine self-poisoning, with toxicokinetic data

Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 456-459

  Wood, David Michael ^a   Webster, Emma ^b   Martinez, Daniel ^a   Dargan, Paul Ivor ^a   Jones, Alison Linda ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Poisoning; Respiratory arrest; Strychnine; Survival; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; CHARCOAL; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NORADRENALIN; PANCURONIUM; STRYCHNINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCRETION; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SELF POISONING; SURVIVAL; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0036789013     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc1549     Document Type: Article

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