Unintentional Ingestion of Potassium Permanganate

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-187

  Johnson, Thomas B ^a   Cassidy, David D ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Potassium permanganate ingestion

Indexed keywords

PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; LARYNX INJURY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION;

ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; RANITIDINE; ULCER;

EID: 1642415725     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000117926.65522.33     Document Type: Article

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