Stability and microbiology of inhalant N-acetylcysteine used as an intravenous solution for the treatment of acetaminophen poisoning

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-13

  Dribben, William H ^a,c   Porto, Stephanie M ^b   Jeffords, Brian K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIDOTE; ENDOTOXIN; PARACETAMOL; PYROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STABILITY; FILTER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; INTOXICATION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037678910     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.231     Document Type: Article

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