Strychnine intoxication in a child

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 531-532

  Starretz Hacham, Orna ^a,b   Sofer, Shaul ^c   Lifshitz, Matityahu ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Ben Gurion Univ of the Negev ^*

Author keywords

Child; Poisoning; Strychnine intoxication

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CREATINE KINASE; DIAZEPAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; MYOGLOBIN; STRYCHNINE; VECURONIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; POISON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGESTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYDRIASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETANY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; CHILD; INTOXICATION;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; POISONING; POISONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STRYCHNINE; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0041565059     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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