Surgical issues in the poisoned patient

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1117-1144

  Jain, Ashok L ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^a   Rudis, Maria I ^a,b  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSTIC BURN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVENOMATION; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; LEAD POISONING; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MERCURIALISM; MUSHROOM POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNAKEBITE; SPIDER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0346122772     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(03)00069-5     Document Type: Review

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