Resolution of delayed altered mental status associated with hydrogen peroxide ingestion following hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 998-1000

  Vander Heide, Stuart J ^a   Seamon, Jason P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Altered mental status; Hydrogen peroxide; Hyperbaric oxygen; Ingestion; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; PEROXIDE;

AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERBARISM; INTOXICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0041333930     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00320-8     Document Type: Article

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