Inhalant abuse in the pediatric population: A persistent challenge

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-209

  Lorenc, Jason D ^a,b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALCOHOL; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMYL NITRITE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUTYL NITRITE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHARCOAL; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; GLUE; HALIDE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ISOBUTYL NITRITE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; PAINT; THINNER; TOLUENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG UTILIZATION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FLUID THERAPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN DEATH; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; SOLVENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0037376896     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200304000-00012     Document Type: Review

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