Poisoning in children 1: General management

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 392-396

  Riordan, M ^a   Rylance, G ^b   Berry, K ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COCAINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY; METHYLENE BLUE; NALOXONE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ATAXIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOSIS; DIALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIURESIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEVER; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSHROOM; MYDRIASIS; MYOGLOBINURIA; NYSTAGMUS; OLIGURIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARALYSIS; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; SWEATING; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TACHYCARDIA; URINE INCONTINENCE; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTIDOTES; ARRHYTHMIA; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHARCOAL; CHILD; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; POISONING; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036829416     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.5.392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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