Initial assessment and management

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Bradberry, Sally M ^a   Vale, J Allister ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gut decontamination; Management; Overdose; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COBALT EDETATE; CYANIDE; DIGOXIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORIDE SODIUM; GLUCAGON; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INSULIN; IRON; LITHIUM; METHANOL; METHEMOGLOBIN; OPIATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM NITRATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN K GROUP; ANTIDOTE; CHARCOAL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALKALOSIS; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ASSAY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INFORMATION; INTOXICATION; LIVER INJURY; MANAGEMENT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UREMIA; ARTICLE; HYPERKALEMIA; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTIDOTES; CHARCOAL; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POISONING;

EID: 0042235086     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-2-107     Document Type: Review

References (6)

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