Iatrogenic pleuropulmonary charcoal instillation in a teenager

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 490-493

  Godambe, Sandip A ^a,b   Mack, Jennifer W ^a   Chung, David S ^a   Lindeman, Robert ^a   Lillehei, Craig W ^a   Colin, Andrew A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Charcoal; Nasogastric tube; Overdose; Pleuropneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARCOAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INJURY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHARCOAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; POISONING;

EID: 0038689158     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10272     Document Type: Article

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